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SUPPLEMENT 


TO 


Revised  Ordinances 

of  1916 


1916  - 1921 


Prepared  by 

BENJAMIN  B.  BARNEY 
City  Solicitor 
Dec.,  1920 


V 


THE  ORDINANCES  OF  1917,  1918,  1919  AND  1920 
ARE  NUMBERED  1—31  INCLUSIVE 


Sixteen  of  the  same  are  amendments  or  repeals. 

The  table  and  index  on  next  pages  indicate  subjects 
referred  to  and  afford  a  ready  means  of  reference  for 
use  in  connection  with  the  Revision  Volume  of  1916. 


A  Regulative  Order  of  the  Board  of  Aldermen  con¬ 
cerning  Pawnbrokers  and  interest  charged  upon  loans 
on  Liberty  Bonds  is  appended. 


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AMENDMENTS  AND  REPEALS. 


Revised  Ordinances  Amending- or  Repealing1 


of  1916.  Ordinance. 

Section. 

Sec. 

28 

.  No. 

3 . 

.  1 

<  < 

30 

.  No. 

3 . 

.  2 

i  ( 

41 

.  No.  12 . 

.  1 

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68  ^ 

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<  < 

69  | 

<  i 

70  ' 

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71  1 

} .  No. 

18 . 

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72  1 

1  ^ 

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73  j 

y 

<  < 

148 

.  No. 

6 . 

.  i 

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154  . 

.  No. 

6 . 

.  2 

(  c 

155 

.  No. 

6 . 

.  3 

i  l 

158 

.  No. 

6 . 

.  4 

l  ( 

158  , 

.  No. 

9 . 

.  1 

(  i 

169 

.  No. 

6 . 

.  5 

1 1 

174 

.  No. 

6 . 

.  6 

( ( 

178 

.  No. 

6 . 

.  7 

l  ( 

180 

.  No. 

6 . 

.  8 

( l 

242 

.  No. 

6 . 

.  9 

i  l 

247 

.  No. 

6 . 

.  10 

4  4 

248 

.  No. 

6 . 

.  11 

4  4 

256 

.  No. 

6 . 

.  12 

4  4 

257 

.  No. 

6 . . . 

.  13 

4  4 

261 

. No. 

6  . 

.  14 

4  4 

265 

.  No. 

6 . 

.  15 

4  4 

277 

.  No. 

6 . 

.  16 

4  4 

292 

.  No. 

6  . 

.  17 

4  4 

374 

.  No. 

6 . 

.  18 

4  4 

376 

.  No. 

6  . 

.  19 

"  378  . 

No.  6  . 

.  20 

“  379  . 

No.  6 . 

.  21 

“  382  . 

No.  31  . 

.  1 

“  387  . 

No.  14 . 

.  1 

‘  ‘  404  . 

No.  33 . 

.  1 

“  429  . . 

No.  4 . 

.  1 

“  466  . 

No.  32 . 

. : .  i 

“  468  . 

No.  32 . 

. V  2 

“  518  . 

No.  13 . 

.  1 

“  592  . 

No.  25 . 

.  1 

“  610  . 

No.  2 . 

.  1 

“  610  . 

No.  23  . 

.  1 

“  623  . 

No.  2 . 

.  2 

“  624  . 

No.  2 . 

.  3 

‘ 1  630  to  654  inc .  . . 

No.  22 . 

“  652  . 

No.  5 . 

.  1 

INDEX 


NEW  SUBJECTS  OF  ORDINANCE. 

No.  of 
Ordinances. 

Business  Vehicles  .  10-22-23-28 

Fire  Works,  sale  of .  7-11-16-26 

Garages  . 9-30 

Hospital,  Municipal,  establishing  Bd. 

of  Management  .  8 

Interest,  Liberty  Bonds  Loan  — 

Pawnbroker  .  Regulation  of 

Bd.  of  Aldermen 

Kwiatkowski  Fund  .  19-20 

Liberty  Bonds,  Loans  on,  Pawn¬ 
brokers’  Interest  .  Regulation  of 

Bd.  of  Aldermen 

Loans,  Pawnbrokers,  Liberty  Bonds, 

Interest  .  Regulation  of 

Bd.  of  Aldermen 

Lumber,  Surveyors  of,  appointment 

of  .  1 

Mayor,  salary  established .  27 

Municipal  Hospital,  establishment 

of  Board  of  Management .  8 

Pawnbrokers,  Loans  on  Liberty 

Bonds  .  Regulation  of 

Bd.  of  Aldermen 

Police  Department,  members’  leave 

of  absence  .  15-17 

Pool  Room,  regulations  of .  21 

Public  Vehicles,  regulations . .  10-22-23-28 

Street  Lights,  superintendent  of, 

election  .  12 

Superintendent  of  Street  Lights, 

election  of  .  12 

Surveyors  of  Lumber,  appointment 

of .  1 

Vehicles,  Business,  regulation  of . . .  .  10-22-23-28 


SUPPLEMENT 


TO 

Revised  Ordinances 

of  1916 


City  of  New  Bedford 

Massachusetts 


As  Prepared  By 
BENJAMIN  B.  BARNEY 

CITY  SOLICITOR 
Dec.,  1920 


NEW  BEDFORD,  MASS.: 

E,  Anthony  &  Sons,  Incorp.,  Printers 
1921 


REVISED  ORDINANCES 


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No.  1. 

SURVEYORS  OF  LUMBER. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of 
New  Bedford  as  follows: 

Section  1.  Annually  in  January,  the  Mayor  and 
Aldermen  shall  appoint  one  or  more  surveyors  of 
lumber. 

Section  2.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  upon 
its  passage. 

Presented  to  and  approved  by  the  Mayor,  Jan.  26, 
1917. 

No.  2. 

LICENSES:  HAWKERS,  PEDDLERS,  ETC. 

AN  ORDINANCE  Amending  Sections  610,  623  and  624 
of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1916,  so  as  to  provide 
for  the  licensing  of  hawkers  and  peddlers  of  fish; 
and  fixing  certain  fees. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of 
New  Bedford  as  follows: 

Section  1.  Section  610  of  the  Revised  Ordinances 
of  1916  is  hereby  amended  by  inserting  after  the 
words  “To  bea  hawker  and  peddler  of  fruits  and  vege¬ 
tables/’  in  the  ninth  line  thereof,  the  words,  ‘‘To  be 
a  hawker  and  peddler  of  fish,”  so  that  said  section 
shall  read  as  follows :  Section  610.  The  authority 
vested  in  the  Mayor  and  Aldermen  and  the  City  Coun¬ 
cil,  by  statute,  in  the  matter  of  granting  and  issuing 
the  following  named  licenses  and  permits  to  wit : 


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As  an  auctioneer; 

To  keep  for  hire,  gain  or  reward,  billiard,  pool  and 
sippio  tables  and  bowling  alleys : 

To  sell,  rent  or  lease  firearms ; 

To  be  a  hawker  and  peddler  of  fruits  and  vegetables; 

To  be  a  hawker  and  peddler  of  fish ; 

To  keep  an  intelligence  office  ; 

To  collect  junk,  old  metals,  or  any  second  hand 
articles ; 

To  deal  in  junk,  old  metals,  or  any  second  hand 
articles ; 

As  a  pawnbroker; 

To  act  as  a  private  detective ; 

To  keep  a  public  lodging  house ; 

To  take  scallops  within  the  waters  of  the  city  of 
New  Bedford ; 

To  establish,  keep  open  and  maintain  a  skating  rink 
for  the  amusement  of  roller  skating,  and  carrousels, 
inclined  railways,  ferris  wheels  and  outdoor  exhibitions 
of  fire  fighting  for  the  amusement  of  the  public,  for 
hire,  gain  or  reward ; 

To  maintain  a  vehicle  for  the  sale  of  food ; 

is  hereby  delegated  to  the  City  Clerk,  as  permitted  by 
chapter  one  hundred  forty-one  of  the  Acts  of  the  Leg¬ 
islature  of  1914.  By  virtue  of  such  delegation,  the 
City  Clerk  may,  in  his  discretion,  grant  and  issue  such 
licenses,  subject  to  the  provisions  of  law  and  the 
regulations  and  restrictions  set  forth  in  this  ordinance, 
or  which  may  hereafter  be  made  by  law  or  ordinance. 

Section  2.  Section  623  of  the  Revised  Ordinances 
of  1916  is  hereby  amended  by  inserting,  after  the  word 
“vegetables,”  in  the  third  line  thereof,  the  words  “and 


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fish”;  and  by  adding  at  the  end  of  said  section,  the 
following- :  i  i  The  fee  to  be  collected  by  the  city 
clerk  for  each  license  issued  to  a  hawker  and  peddler 
of  fruits  and  vegetables  shall  be  twenty  dollars;  the 
fee  to  be  collected  by  the  City  Clerk  for  each  license  is¬ 
sued  to  a  hawker  and  peddler  of  fish  shall  be  ten  dol¬ 
lars  ” ;  so  that  said  section  shall  read  as  follows : 
Section  623.  The  City  Clerk  shall  supply  badges  and 
wagon  plates  to  junk  collectors  and  to  hawkers  and 
peddlers  of  fruits  and  vegetables,  and  fish.  He  shall 
collect  therefor,  at  the  time  of  the  issue  of  said  licenses, 
the  following  sums : 

For  each  pair  of  wagon  plates,  fifty  cents.  For  each 
badge,  fifty  cents  and  no*  such  licenses  shall  be  issued 
until  such  payment  is  made. 

The  fee  to  be  collected  by  the  City  Clerk  for  each 
license  issued  to  a  hawker  and  peddler  of  fruits  and 
vegetables  shall  be  twenty  dollars ;  the  fee  to  be  col¬ 
lected  by  the  City  Clerk  for  each  license  issued  to  a 
hawker  and  peddler  of  fish  shall  be  ten  dollars. 

Section  3.  Section  624  of  the  Revised  Ordinances 
of  1916  is  hereby  amended,  by  inserting  after  the  word 
“vegetables,”  in  the  third  line  thereof,  the  words  “and 
fish”;  so  that  said  section  shall  read  as  follows: 
Section  624.  Every  licensee  as  a  junk  collector,  and 
every  licensee  as  a  hawker  and  peddler  of  fruits  and 
vegetables  and  fish  shall  while  exercising  his  license, 
wear  the  badge  so  provided,  which  badge  shall  state 
the  character  and  number  of  the  license. 

Section  4.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  upon 
its  passage. 


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No.  3. 

CITY  COUNCIL  COMMITTEES. 

AN  ORDINANCE  Amending  Sections  28  and  30  of  the 
Revised  Ordinances  of  1916. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of 
New  Bedford  as  follows: 

Section  1.  Section  28  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of 
1916  is  hereby  amended  by  inserting  at  the  end  thereof 
the  following:  “ except  the  Committee  on  Finance 
which  shall  consist  of  two  Aldermen,  three  Councilmen, 
and  the  Mayor,”  so  that  said  section  shall  read  as 
follows :  Section  28.  Each  committee  shall  consist  of 
two  Aldermen,  appointed  by  the  Mayor,  and  three 
Councilmen,  appointed  by  the  President  of  the  Common 
Council ;  Except  the  Committee  on  Finance  which  shall 
consist  of  two  Aldermen,  three  Councilmen  and  the 
Mayor. 

Section  2.  Section  30  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of 
1916  is  hereby  amended  by  adding  at  the  end  thereof 
the  following :  ‘  ‘  except  the  Committee  on  Finance,  in 
which  case  the  Mayor  shall  serve  as  chairman,”  so 
that  said  section  shall  read  as  follows :  Section  30. 
The  Mayor  shall  designate  one  of  the  Aldermen  ap¬ 
pointed  by  him  to  serve  as  chairman  of  each  committee 
except  the  Committee  on  Finance,  in  which  case  the 
Mayor  shall  serve  as  chairman. 

Section  3.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  upon 
its  passage. 

Presented  to  and  approved  by  the  Mayor,  Feb.  9, 
1917. 


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No.  4. 

DEPARTMENT  RECEIPTS. 

AN  ORDINANCE  Relative  to  Receipts  into  the  City 
Treasury. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of 
New  Bedford  as  follows : 

Section  1.  Section  429  of  the  Revised  Ordinances 
of  1916  is  hereby  repealed,  and  the  following  section 
is  substituted  in  its  stead:  Section  429.  All  receipts 
into  the  city  treasury  from  all  sources,  except  where 
otherwise  provided  by  law,  shall  be  regarded  as  unap¬ 
propriated  funds ;  except  the  following  which  shall  be 
credited  as  follows : 

To  the  police  department :  All  fees  of  officers  of  the 
department,  payable  by  them  to  the  city,  fines  and  for¬ 
feitures  inuring  to  the  city  for  any  violation  of  the  or¬ 
dinances  or  provisions  of  law. 

To  the  fire  department :  All  moneys  received  for 
work  done  or  services  rendered  for  any  individual, 
corporation,  or  any  other  department  of  the  city;  also 
for  all  sales  of  property  of  the  department. 

To  the  street  department:  All  moneys  received  for 
work  done  or  services  rendered  to  any  individual,  cor¬ 
poration,  or  other  department  of  the  city;  also  for 
sales  of  property  of  the  department. 

To  the  street  light  department :  All  moneys  received 
for  sales  of  property  of  the  department. 

To  the  poor  department :  All  moneys  received  for 
work  done  and  services  rendered,  materials  furnished 
to  any  individual,  corporation,  or  other  department  of 
the  city. 

To  the  department  of  wharves :  All  receipts  from 
wharves,  wharf  property  or  buildings  thereon,  as 
follows:  First,  to  the  payment  of  the  interest  due 


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semi-annually  on  the  City  of  New  Bedford  wharf  bonds 
now  outstanding,  or  that  may  hereafter  be  issued; 
Second,  to  the  sinking  fund  to  be  paid  yearly  toward 
the  extinguishment  of  said  bonds  at  maturity ;  and  the 
balance  to  be  applied  to  the  management  and  repairs 
of  said  wharves. 

To  the  water  department:  All  moneys  received  for 
the  sale  of  property  and  services  rendered,  and  as 
otherwise  provided  by  ordinance. 

To  the  New  Bedford  Industrial  School:  All  sums  re¬ 
ceived  by  it  on  account  of  its  various  departments,  the 
same  to  be  applied  and  devoted  to  the  purchase  of 
supplies  for  the  said  school.  An  account  thereof  shall 
be  kept,  and  a  return  thereof  shall  be  made  to  the  city 
auditor  on  the  first  day  of  each  month. 

Section  2.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  upon  its 
passage. 

Presented  to  and  approved  by  the  Mayor,  Feb.  24, 
1917. 


No.  5. 

VEHICLES  FOR  HIRE. 

AN  ORDINANCE  Amending  Section  652  of  the  Re¬ 
vised  Ordinances. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of 
New  Bedford  as  follows: 

Section  1.  Section  652  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of 
1916  is  hereby  amended  by  striking  out  the  whole  of 
the  same  and  inserting  in  the  place  thereof  a  new  sec¬ 
tion  to  read  as  follows:  Section  652.  The  provisions 
of  this  chapter  shall  not  apply  to  vehicles  used  for  the 
transportation  of  passengers,  or  goods,  wares,,  mer¬ 
chandise,  or  rubbish  by  means  of  any  vehicle  for  hire, 


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or  to  the  drivers  of  the  same,  if  the  vehicle  is  let  by 
the  hour,  day,  or  job,  on  call,  or  by  appointment. 

Section  2.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  upon  its 
passage. 

Presented  to  and  approved  by  the  Mayor,  March 
9,  1917. 

No.  6. 

BUILDING  CODE. 

AN  ORDINANCE  Amending  That  Part  of  the  Re¬ 
vised  Ordinances  of  1916,  known  as  the  Building 
Code. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of 
New  Bedford  as  follows : 

Section  1.  Section  148  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of 
1916  is  hereby  repealed  and  the  following  section  sub¬ 
stituted  in  its  stead : 

Section  148.  An  applicant  for  a  permit  hereunder 
whose  application  has  been  refused  may  appeal  there¬ 
from  within  thirty  days,  and  a  person  who  has  been 
ordered  by  the  superintendent  to  incur  any  expense 
may,  within  ten  days  after  being  notified  of  such  order, 
appeal  therefrom  by  giving  to  the  superintendent  notice 
in  writing  of  his  appeal.  Such  notice  or  copy  thereof 
shall  at  once  be  transmitted  by  the  superintendent  to 
the  Committee  on  Building  Code.  After  notice  given 
to  such  parties  as  the  committee  shall  order,  a  hearing 
shall  be  had,  and  the  committee  shall  affirm,  annul  or 
modify  said  refusal  or  order.  The  decision  shall  be 
filed  in  the  office  of  the  superintendent  within  ten  days 
after  the  hearing.  A  certified  copy  shall  be  sent  by 
mail  or  otherwise  to  the  applicant,  and  a  copy  kept 
publicly  posted  in  the  office  of  the  superintendent  for 
two  weeks  thereafter.  If  the  order  or  refusal  of  the 
superintendent  is  affirmed,  or  such  order  or  refusal  is 


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modified  or  annulled,  the  superintendent  shall  issue  a 
permit  in  accordance  with  such  decisions. 

Section  2.  Section  154  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of 
1916  is  hereby  amended  by  inserting  after  the  para¬ 
graph  defining  “Foundation/’  the  following: 

“Oarage  (Private)  :  A  building  designed  to  be  oc¬ 
cupied  by  not  more  than  four  motor  vehicles,  charged 
with  or  containing  a  volatile  inflammable  liquid  for 
£uel  or  power,  which  are  the  property  of  the  applicant 
or  of  his  immediate  family  and  which  are  not  let  out 
for  hire.” 

Garage  (Public)  :  A  building  designed  to  be  occupied 
by  more  than  four  motor  vehicles,  charged  with  or  con¬ 
taining  a  volatile  inflammable  liquid  for  fuel  or  power, 
or  wherein  is  conducted  the  business  of  repairing 
motor  vehicles,  or  wherein  the  vehicles  are  let  out 
for  hire. 

Section  3.  Section  155  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of 
1916  is  hereby  repealed. 

Section  4.  Section  158  of  the  Revised  Ordinances 
of  1916  is  hereby  repealed  and  the  following  section 
substituted  in  its  stead : 

Section  158.  Every  applicant  for  a  permit  for  the 
erection,  construction  or  alteration  of  a  building  used 
or  intended  to  be  used  as  a  garage  shall,  before  apply¬ 
ing  for  a  permit  to  erect,  construct  or  alter  said  build¬ 
ing,  furnish  a  plan  of  the  premises  to  and  obtain  from 
the  Board  of  Aldermen  a  license  to  maintain  and  use 
said  building  for  said  purpose.  No  building  shall  be 
erected  for  or  converted  to  use  as  a  garage,  unless  such 
erection  and  use  in  previously  authorized  by  the  Board 
of  Aldermen.  Before  the  erection,  construction  or 
alteration  of  any  building  or  part  of  any  building 


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structure  or  part  of  any  structure,  wall  or  any  -plat¬ 
form  or  flooring  to  be  used  for  standing  or  seating 
purposes  is  commenced,  the  owner  or  lessee,  or  agent 
of  either,  or  the  architect,  or  builder  employed  by 
such  owner  or  lessee  in  connection  with  the  proposed 
erection  or  alteration  shall,  except  for  “ordinary  re¬ 
pairs”  as  hereinafter  defined,  submit  to  the  superin¬ 
tendent  a  detailed  description  of  the  location,  purpose 
and  construction  of  the  proposed  structure  or  work  on 
proper  blanks  to  be  furnished  by  the  superintendent, 
and  full  and  complete  copies  of  the  plans  of  such  pro¬ 
posed  work  and  such  structural  detailed  drawings  as 
the  superintendent  may  require.  Such  plans  and  de¬ 
tailed  drawings  shall  be  furnished  in  duplicate,  and  if 
approved  by  the  superintendent,  one  set  shall  be  kept 
at  the  building  during  the  progress  of  the  work  open 
to  the  inspection  of  the  superintendent  or  his  represent¬ 
ative,  the  other  shall  be  kept  on  file  in  the  office  of  the 
superintendent.  The  superintendent  may  require  an 
applicant  for  a  permit  to  submit  with  the  plans  of  a 
building  or  other  structure  detailed  drawings  and  cal¬ 
culations  of  any  portions  thereof  subjected  to  unusual 
stresses,  or  of  complicated  construction,  or  for  steel 
frame  or  reinforced  concrete  construction,  or  of  any 
type  of  construction  not  particularly  described  in  this 
chapter.  Such  plans  and  calculations  shall  be  made 
by  a  competent  engineer,  approved  by  the  superintend¬ 
ent  and  paid  for  by  the  owner,  and  filed  in  the  office 
of  the  superintendent  with  the  plans  of  the  building. 
The  erection,  construction  or  alteration  of  such  build¬ 
ing,  structure,  platform,  staging  or  flooring  when  pro¬ 
ceeded  with  shall  be  constructed  in  accordance  with 
such  approved  plans  and  detailed  descriptions,  unless 
amended  plans  are  filed  and  permit  issued  therefor. 
Nothing  in  this  section  shall  be  construed  so  as  to  pre¬ 
vent  the  superintendent  from  granting  his  approval 
for  the  erection  of  any  part  of  a  building,  or  any  part 


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of  a  structure  when  the  general  plans  and  detailed 
descriptions  have  been  filed  for  the  same  before  the 
entire  detailed  plans  have  been  submitted. 

Section  5.  Section  169  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of 
1916  is  hereby  repealed  and  the  following  section  sub¬ 
stituted  in  its  stead : 

Section  169.  No  external  wall,  except  as  hereinafter 
provided,  of  any  frame  building  shall  be  less  than  four 
feet  from  the  line  of  any  adjoining  lot,  nor  less  than 
eight  feet  from  any  frame  building  on  any  adjoining 
lot,  nor  less  than  eight  feet  from  any  frame  building 
in  the  front  of  the  same  lot,  nor  less  than  sixteen  feet 
from  a  frame  building  in  the  rear  on  the  same  lot,  un¬ 
less  the  walls  of  such  adjoining  building  are  con¬ 
structed  of  brick ;  if  said  walls  are  constructed  of  brick 
and  have  all  openings  in  the  side  walls  protected  by 
metal  frame,  sash  and  wired  glass  or  fire-doors  or  shut¬ 
ters,  they  shall  not  be  less  than  four  feet  from  said 
building.  No  external  wall  of  any  frame  building 
occupied  or  designed  to  be  occupied  by  an  independent 
family  above  the  second  floor  shall  be  less  than  four 
feet  from  the  line  of  any  adjoining  lot,  nor  less  than 
fourteen  feet  from  any  frame  building  on  any  adjoin¬ 
ing  lot,  nor  less  than  fourteen  feet  from  any  frame 
building  on  the  front  of  the  same  lot,  nor  less  than 
twenty  feet  from  a  frame  building  in  the  rear  on  the 
same  lot,  unless  the  side  walls  of  such  adjoining  build¬ 
ing  are  constructed  of  brick.  If  the  external  walls  of 
any  brick  or  frame  building  be  made  of  brick  or  hol¬ 
low  terra  cotta  of  the  thickness  required  by  the  provi¬ 
sions  of  this  chapter  and  are  carried  twelve  inches 
above  the  roof  and  suitably  capped,  or  carried  to  the 
roof  boards  provided  the  roof  has  an  incombustible 
covering,  and  the  boards  are  laid  in  mortar  on  such 
wall,  they  may  be  not  less  than  four  feet  from  the  line 


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of  any  adjoining  lot,  and  not  less  than  eight  feet  from 
any  similar  external  wall,  unless  all  openings  in  such 
wall  are  protected  by  standard  wired  glass  windows  in 
metal  frames  and  sash,  or  standard  fire  doors  or  shut¬ 
ters,  as  provided  for  by  the  rules  and  regulations  of 
the  National  Board  of  Fire  Underwriters.  Wooden 
cornices,  piazzas  or  other  frame  projections  may  be 
one  foot  nearer  to  the  line  of  the  adjoining  lot  or  two 
feet  nearer  to  similar  projections  on  adjoining  build¬ 
ings  than  is  allowed  for  frame  walls. 

Section  6.  Section  174  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of 
1916  is  hereby  repealed  and  the  following  section  sub¬ 
stituted  in  its  stead : 

Section  174.  No  part  of  any  structure  except  fire 
escapes,  cornices,  string  courses,  window  caps  and  sills, 
shall  project  over  the  line  of  any  street  or  public  place. 
No  cornice  shall  project  more  than  three  feet.  No  such 
projection  shall  be  less  than  ten  feet  above  the  grade 
of  the  sidewalk. 

Section  7.  That  part  of  Section  178  of  the  Revised 
Ordinances  of  1916  defining  Section  B  of  the  fire  limits 
is  hereby  repealed  and  the  following  definition  of  the 
Section  B  of  the  fire  limits  substituted  in  its  stead: 

Section  B.  Beginning  at  the  point  of  intersection 
of  Logan  Street  and  Purchase  Street;  thence  northerly 
in  said  Purchase  Street  to  Weld  Street;  thence  easterly 
to  the  east  line  of  property  of  New  York,  New  Haven 
and  Hartford  Railroad  Company;  thence  northerly  in 
said  east  line  of  property  of  New  York,  New  Haven  and 
Hartford  Railroad  Company  to  Cornell  Place;  thence 
easterly  in  said  Cornell  Place  to  Bowditch  Street; 
thence  northerly  in  said  Bowditch  Street  to  Cedar 
Grove  Street;  thence  easterly  in  said  Cedar  Grove 
Street  to  Acushnet  Avenue;  thence  northerly  in  said 


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Acushnet  Avenue  to  the  south  line  of  Davis  Street; 
thence  easterly  in  said  south  line  of  Davis  Street  to 
North  Front  Street;  thence  southerly  in  North  Front 
Street  to  Hicks  Street;  thence  westerly  in  said  Hicks 
Street  to  Acushnet  Avenue ;  thence  southerly  in  said 
Acushnet  Avenue  to  Logan  Street;  thence  westerly  in 
said  Logan  Street  to  the  place  of  beginning. 

Section  B  of  the  fire  limits  shall  include  all  land 
bounded  as  above  described  and  a  distance  of  one  hun¬ 
dred  feet  from  the  outside  line  of  all  streets  bounding 
said  fire  limits,  except  the  northerly  limit,  which  shall 
extend  only  to  the  south  line  of  Davis  Street.  In  ad¬ 
dition  to  the  limits  above  prescribed,  said  section  (B) 
of  the  fire  limits  shall  include  Coggeshall  Street  from 
North  Front  Street  to  the  harbor  line  as  the  same  now 
is  or  may  be  established  and  one  hundred  feet  from 
each  line  of  said  Coggeshall  Street. 

Section  8.  Section  180  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of 
1916  is  hereby  repealed  and  the  following  section  sub¬ 
stituted  in  its  stead : 

Section  180.  Within  the  fire  limits  it  shall  not  be 
lawful  for  the  owner  or  owners  of  any  brick  dwelling 
house  with  eight-inch  walls  already  erected  that  has  a 
peaked  roof,  to  raise  the  same  or  any  part  thereof  for 
the  purpose  of  making  a  fiat  roof  thereon, 'unless  such 
building  or  part  of  a  building  exceeded  twenty-five  feet 
in  height  to  the  peak  of  its  roof  before  being  raised, 
and  unless  the  same  be  raised  with  the  same  kind  of 
material  as  the  building  and  such  new  roof  be  covered 
with  fireproof  material.  No  such  raised  building  shall 
exceed  in  height  the  peak  of  the  main  roof  as  it  existed 
before  the  said  alteration  and  raising,  and  no  such 
building  shall  exceed  in  any  event  forty  feet  in  height 
to  the  highest  part  thereof. 


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Section  9.  Section  242  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of 
1916  is  hereby  repealed  and  the  following  section  sub¬ 
stituted  in  its  stead : 

Section  242.  Footings  and  foundation  walls  shall 
be  laid  in  Portland  cement  mortar,  except  that  the 
foundation  walls  of  frame  buildings,  not  over  three 
stories  or  forty-five  feet  in  height,  may  be  laid  dry  if 
ledge-stone  or  its  equal  is  used;  provided  that,  in  the 
case  of  dry  foundation  walls,  a  blind  drain  around  the 
foundation  walls  shall  be  constructed  of  gravel. 

Section  10.  Section  247  of  the  Revised  Ordinances 
of  1916  is  hereby  repealed  and  the  following  section 
substituted  in  its  stead : 

Section  247.  All  concrete  blocks  shall  be  made  of 
one  part  Portland  cement  to  not  more  than  six  parts 
of  properly  graded  aggregate,  and  the  materials  used 
shall  be  free  from  dirt  and  other  foreign  matter,  and 
shall  be  properly  mixed  and  manipulated.  Whenever 
such  blocks  are  used  the  thickness  of  the  wall  shall 
not  be  less  than  the  required  thickness  for  brick  walls 
as  provided  in  sections  two  hundred  fifty-eight  and 
two  hundred  sixty-two. 

Section  11.  Section  248  of  the  Revised  Ordinances 
of  1916  is  hereby  repealed  and  the  following  section 
substituted  in  its  stead : 

Section  248.  No  hollow  cement  blocks  shall  be  used 
in  any  party  or  fire  wall,  except  in  a  building  occupied 
or  designed  to  be  occupied  for  the  purpose  of  a  store 
or  stores  and  not  more  than  a  basement  and  one 
story  in  height.  The  dividing  wall  or  walls  in  base¬ 
ment  or  cellar  of  such  building  may  be  built  of  hol¬ 
low  cement  blocks,  provided  the  top  course  of  blocks 
directly  underneath  the  bottom  of  the  floor  joists  are 


I 


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made  of  solid  cement  blocks,  and  provided  that 
said  walls  are  of  the  same  thickness  as  required 
by  this  chapter  for  brick  walls.  The  walls  of  a 
building  used  as  a  private  garage  may  be  built  of 
hollow  cement  blocks  of  the  same  thickness  as  called 
for  by  this  code  for  brick  walls,  provided  that  all 
walls  of  said  garage*  are  at  least  eighteen  inches 
from  the  lot  line  and  at  least  ten  feet  from  any 
wood  frame  building  on  the  same  lot,  and  provided 
that  all  openings  in  the  outside  walls,  (excepting 
doors)  are  protected  by  standard  wired  glass  windows 
in  metal  frames. 

Section  12.  Section  256  of  the  Revised  Ordinan¬ 
ces  of  1916  is  hereby  repealed  and  the  following 

section  substituted  in  its  stead : 

Section  256.  The  name  of  the  manufacturer  and 
the  date  of  manufacture  must  be  impressed  in  or 
otherwise  permanently  attached  to  each  block. 

Section  13.  Section  257  of  the  Revised  Ordinan¬ 
ces  of  1916  is  hereby  repealed  and  the  following 

section  substituted  in  its  stead : 

Section  257.  The  expression  “dwelling  house 
class,”  shall  be  taken  to  mean  and  include  the  fol¬ 
lowing  buildings : — 

Apartment  houses,  apartment  hotels,  asylums,  club 
houses,  convents,  dormitories,  dwellings,  hospitals, 

hotels,  lodging  houses,  parish  dwellings,  schools, 

stables  (private),  studios,  tenements,  garages  (private). 

Section  14.  Section  261  of  the  Revised  Ordinances 
of  1916  is  hereby  repealed  and  the  following  section 
substituted  in  its  stead : 


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Section  261.  The  expression  “warehouse  class” 
shall  be  taken  to  mean  and  include  the  following  build¬ 
ings  : — 

Armories,  carriage  houses,  churches,  court  houses, 
fire  stations,  jails,  libraries,  manufacturing  buildings, 
markets,  museums,  observatories,  office  buildings, 
police  stations,  printing  houses,  public  assembly  build¬ 
ings,  pumping  stations,  railroad  and  railway  buildings, 
refrigerating  houses,  slaughter  houses,  stores,  stables 
(public),  theatres,  warehouses,  garages  (public). 

Section  15.  Section  265  of  the  Revised  Ordinances 
of  1916  is  hereby  repealed  and  the  following  section 
substituted  in  its  stead : 

Section  265.  The  external  walls  of  any  building 
not  over  two  thousand  square  feet  in  area,  and  not 
more  than  two  stories  or  thirty  feet  in  height  exclusive 
of  gables,  which  under  the  provisions  of  this  chapter 
might  be  built  of  ordinary  frame  construction,  may 
be  built  of  brick,  not  less  than  eight  inches  thick,  laid 
in  Portland  cement  mortar.  The  walls  of  the  upper 
story  of  flat  roofed  buildings  not  exceeding  two  thou¬ 
sand  square  feet  in  ground  area,  and  that  part  of  a 
wall  extended  upward  to  form  a  gable  end  in  any 
building  of  the  warehouse  class  may  be  four  inches 
less  in  thickness  than  called  for  in  the  upper  story  of 
its  respective  class. 

Section  16.  Section  277  of  the  Revised  Ordinances 
of  1916  is  hereby  repealed  and  the  following  section 
substituted  in  its  stead: 

Section  277.  Material  used  for  the  facing  of  any 
building  and  known  as  ashlar,  shall  not  be  less  than 
four  inches  thick,  and  shall  be  securely  anchored  to 
the  backing.  The  backing  shall  be  of  such  thickness 
as  to  make  the  walls,  independent  of  the  ashlar,  con- 


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form  as  to  thickness  with  the  requirements  of  this 
chapter.  In  computing  the  thickness  of  walls,  ashlar 
shall  not  be  included  unless  the  walls  are  at  least  six¬ 
teen  inches  thick,  and  the  ashlar  is  at  least  eight 
inches  thick,  or  alternate  courses  are  at  least  four 
and  eight  inches  to  allow  bonding  with  the  backing. 
Ashlar  shall  be  properly  anchored  by  metal  clamps  to 
the  backing  or  properly  bonded  to  the  same.  Pro¬ 
posed  methods  of  anchoring  ashlar  to  backing  walls 
shall  be  submitted  to  the  superintendent  for  approval. 
Buildings  allowed  by  this  code  to  be  built  of  wood 
frame,  may  be  brick  veneered  provided  they  do  not 
exceed  two  stories  in  height  exclusive  of  gables  and 
provided  that  the  brick  veneer  is  securely  anchored 
through  the  boarding  into  every  stud  to  the  outside 
frame  with  a  non-corrosive  tie  every  sixth  course,  and 
provided  that  the  outside  boarding  is  covered  with  a 
good  quality  water-proofed  paper  before  the  brick 
veneer  is  started. 

Section  17.  Section  292  of  the  Revised  Ordinances 
of  1916  is  hereby  repealed  and  the  following  section 

is  substituted  in  its  stead : 

'  /. 

Section  292.  Recesses  for  stairways  or  elevators 
may  be  left  in  foundation  or  cellar  walls,  but  in  no 
case  shall  the  walls  be  of  less  thickness  than  the  walls 
of  the  fourth  story,  unless  reinforced  by  additional 
piers  with  iron  or  steel  girders,  or  iron  or  steel  columns 
and  girders,  properly  insulated  as  provided  in  section 
three  hundred  sixty-six;,  and  securely  anchored  to 
walls  on  each  side.  Recesses  for  other  purposes  shall 
have  not  less  than  eight  inches  of  brickwork  at  the 
back  of  such  recesses,  and  such  recesses  shall  be  not 
more  than  eight  feet  in  width,  and  shall  be  arched  over 
or  spanned  with  reinforced  concrete,  iron  or  steel  lin¬ 
tels,  and  not  carried  up  higher  than  eighteen  inches 
below  the  bottom  of  the  beams  of  the  floor  next  above. 


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No  chase  for  water  or  other  pipes  shall  be  made  in 
any  pier,  and  in  no  wall  more  than  one-third  of  its 
thickness.  The  spaces  around  such  pipe  or  pipes  shall 
be  completely  filled  with  mortar  or  masonry  for  the 
space  of  five  inches  immediately  above  and  below  the 
floor  beams  of  each  story.  No  horizontal  chase  in  any 
wall  shall  exceed  four  feet  in  length  without  permis¬ 
sion  of  the  superintendent.  The  aggregate  area  of 
recesses  and  chases  in  any  wall  shall  not  exceed  one- 
fourth  of  the  whole  area  of  the  face  of  the  wall  in  any 
story,  no  recess  shall  be  made  within  a  distance  of  six 
feet  from  any  other  recess  in  the  same  wall,  without 
permission  of  the  superintendent. 

Section  18.  Section  374  of  the  Revised  Ordinances 
of  1916  is  hereby  repealed  and  the  following  section 
substituted  in  its  stead : 

Section  374.  All  buildings  hereafter  erected,  or  al¬ 
tered,  containing  two  or  more  tenements  shall  have  not 
less  than  two  inside  stairways  to  reach  every  floor  contain¬ 
ing  living  or  sleeping  rooms ;  the  stairways  to  be  placed 
as  far  apart  as  practical,  or  as  may  be  directed  by  the 
superintendent.  Public  hallways  therein  shall  each  be 
at  least  three  feet  six  inches  wide  in  the  clear  and  the 
stairs  shall  be  at  least  three  feet  wide  between  the  wall 
and  the  stair  rails.  Each  stairway  shall  have  an  en¬ 
trance  on  the  entrance  floor  from  a  street  or  alley  or 
open  passageway,  or  from  an  outer  court,  or  from  an 
inner  court,  which  connects  directly  with  a  street  or 
alley,  or  open  passageway.  All  stairs  shall  be  con¬ 
structed  with  a  rise  of  not  more  than  eight  inches  and 
with  treads  not  less  than  nine  inches  wide  and  not  less 
than  three  feet  long  in  the  clear ;  and  the  stringers  of 
all  wood  stairs  shall  be  of  one  and  three-eighths  inch 
stock  at  least.  The  front  stairs  leading  to  the  street 
shall  be  platform  stairs.  Where  winders  are  used,  in 
rear  stairs,  all  treads  at  a  point  eighteen  inches  from 


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the  stringers  on  the  wall  side  shall  be  at  least  ten 
inches  wide. 

Section  19.  Section  376  of  the  Revised  Ordinances 
of  1916  is  hereby  repealed  and  the  following  section 
substituted  in  its  stead : 

Section  376.  In  every  tenement  house  all  stairways 
shall  be  provided  with  proper  balusters  and  railings 
kept  in  good  repair.  In  every  tenement  house  occu¬ 
pied  or  designed  to  be  occupied  by  not  more  than  three 
separate  families  hereafter  erected  or  altered,  the  stair 
halls  may  be  inclosed  with  wood  stud  partitions,  pro¬ 
vided  such  partitions  around  front  and  rear  stair  wells 
are  fire-stopped  with  brick  or  other  incombustible  ma¬ 
terial  from  the  bottom  of  floor  joists  to  five  inches  above 
the  top  of  floor  joists  at  each  floor,  and  provided  said 
partitions  are  covered  on  the  stair  sides  with  metal 
lath  and  cement  plaster  or  with  a  good  quality  plaster 
board  not  less  than  three-eighths  of  an  inch  in  thick¬ 
ness,  made  of  plaster  and  strong  fibre.  Plaster  boards 
shall  be  covered  by  at  least  three-eighths  of  an  inch  of 
cement  plaster.  In  such  houses,  the  stairs  may  be  of 
wood  provided  the  cellar  or  basement  stairs  that  occur 

directlv  underneath  the  rear  stairs  shall  be  enclosed 
«/ 

with  brick  or  masonry  walls  and  shall  have  a  door 
opening -in  said  masonry  walls  at  the  bottom  of  the 
basement  stairs  protected  by  a  self-closing  fire-door, 
and  provided  that  all  stairs  above  the  basement  are 
fire-stopped  back  of  the  stair  stringers  and  are  fire- 
stopped  as  called  for  in  section  three  hundred  sixty- 
seven,  and  that  the  soffits  and  underside  of  the  landings 
are  covered  with  metal  lath  and  plastered  with  two 
coats  of  mortar.  There  shall  be  no  closets  under  the 
stairs  to  the  second  and  third  stories. 

Section  20.  Section  378  of  the  Revised  Ordinances 
of  1916  is  hereby  repealed  and  the  following  section 
substituted  in  its  stead : 


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Section  378.  The  public  hallways  and  stairs  within 
every  office  building  and  every  tenement  house,  four  or 
more  stories  in  height,  shall  have  gas  or  electric  lights 
so  located  that  the  stairs  and  landings  shall  be  ade¬ 
quately  lighted,  and  it  shall  be  compulsory  on  the  part 
of  the  owner  of  such  building  to  keep  said  lights  lighted 
from  sunset  to  sunrise. 

Section  21.  Section  379  of  the  Revised  Ordinances 
of  1916  is  hereby  repealed  and  the  following  section 
substituted  in  its  stead  : 

Section  379.  No  tenement  house  or  apartment  house 
nor  any  part  thereof,  shall  be  used  as  a  place  of  stor¬ 
age  for  any  article  or  material  dangerous  to  life  or 
health,  nor  for  the  storage  of  feed,  hay,  straw,  excelsior, 
or  cotton,  nor  for  the  storage  or  handling  of  rags,  nor 
shall  the  cellars  or  basements  be  occupied  for  living  or 
business  purposes. 

Section  22.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  upon  its 
passage. 

Presented  to  and  approved  by  the  Mayor,  May  11, 

1917. 

No.  7. 

FIREWORKS. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of 
New  Bedford  as  follows : 

Section  1.  The  sale  or  use  of  fireworks  in  the  City 
of  New  Bedford  is  hereby  prohibited. 


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No.  8. 

MUNICIPAL  HOSPITAL. 

AN  ORDINANCE  Establishing  a  Board  of  Trustees  for 
the  Management  of  a  Municipal  Hospital. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of 
New  Bedford  as  follows: 

Section  1.  The  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Municipal 
Hospital  shall  consist  of  nine  (9)  members:  the  Mayor 
as  chairman,  one  member  of  the  Board  of  Aldermen 
appointed  by  the  Mayor,  the  President  of  the  Common 
Council  and  one  member  of  the  Common  Council  ap¬ 
pointed  by  the  president,  and  five  trustees,  citizens  of 
the  city,  of  whom  not  more  than  two  may  be  women — 
appointed  by  the  Mayor  subject  to  confirmation  by  the 
City  Council  in  convention. 

The  term  of  office  of  the  trustees  so  appointed  and 
confirmed  shall  be  one  year  for  the  Mayor,  Alderman 
and  Councilmen ;  and  the  five  others  so  arranged  as 
to  expire  at  the  end  of  one,  two,  three,  four  and  five 
years  from  the  second  day  of  January,  1917 ;  and  there¬ 
after  annually  on  the  second  day  of  January  a  member 
shall  be  appointed  for  a  term  of  five  years. 

Any  vacancy  in  the  Board  of  Trustees  caused  by 
death,  resignation,  or  removal  may  be  filled  in  like 
manner  as  aforesaid,  the  term  to  be  for  the  residue  of 
the  time  for  which  the  original  appointment  was  made. 

Section  2.  Said  board  of  trustees  shall  have  the 
care  and  control  of  said  hospital  agreeable  to,  and  in 
conformity  with  such  authority  with  respect  thereto 
as  may  hereafter  be  conferred  by  law  and  ordinance. 

Section  3.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  upon  its 
passage. 

Presented  to  and  approved  by  the  Mayor,  May  24, 
1917. 


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No.  9. 

GARAGES. 

AN  ORDINANCE  Relative  to  the  Erection,  Construc¬ 
tion,  Alteration  or  Conversion  to  Use  of  a  Build¬ 
ing  to  Be  Used  as  a  Garage. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of 
New  Bedford  as  follows : 

Section  1.  Section  4  of  an  ordinance  passed  by  the 
City  Council  May  10th,  1917,  and  approved  by  the 
Mayor  May  11th,  1917,  amending  Section  158  of  the 
City  Ordinances  of  1916,  is  hereby  amended  by  the 
striking  out  of  the  following  words,  to  wit :  Section  158. 
Every  applicant  for  a  permit  for  the  erection,  construc¬ 
tion,  or  alteration  of  a  building  used  or  intended  to  be 
used  as  a  garage,  shall,  before  applying  for  a  permit 
to  erect,  construct  or  alter  said  building  furnish  a  plan 
of  the  premises  to  and  obtain  from  the  Board  of  Aider- 
men  a  license  to  maintain  and  use  said  building  for 
said  purpose,7’  and  the  substitution  therefor  of  the 
following  words  to  wit :  ‘ 1  Section  158.  Every  appli¬ 
cant  for  a  permit  to  erect,  construct  or  convert  to  use 
a  building  as  a  garage  shall,  before  applying  for  a 
permit  to  erect,  construct,  alter  or  convert  to  use  said 
building,  furnish  a  plan  of  the  premises  to  and  obtain 
from  the  Board  of  Aldermen  an  authorization  there¬ 
for, 77  so  that  said  section  4  shall  read  as  follows:  Sec¬ 
tion  4.  Section  158  of  the  revised  ordinances  of  1916 
is  hereby  repealed  and  the  following  section  substituted 
in  its  stead. 

Section  158.  Every  applicant  for  a  permit  to  erect, 
construct  or  convert  to  use  a  building  as  a  garage  shall, 
before  applying  for  a  permit  to  erect,  construct,  alter 
or  convert  to  use  said  building,  furnish  a  plan  of  the 
premises  to  and  obtain  from  the  Board  of  Aldermen  an 
authorization  therefor.  No  building  shall  be  erected 
for  or  converted  to  use  as  a  garage;  unless  such  erec- 


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tion  and  use  is  previously  authorized  by  the  Board  of 
Aldermen.  Before  the  erection,  construction  or  altera¬ 
tion  of  any  building  or  part  of  any  building,  structure 
or  part  of  any  structure,  wall  or  any  platform  or  floor¬ 
ing  to  be  used  for  standing  or  seating  purposes  is  com¬ 
menced,  the  owner  or  lessee,  or  agent  of  either,  or  the 
architect,  or  builder  employed  by  such  owner  or  lessee 
in  connection  with  the  proposed  erection  or  alteration 
shall,  except  for  “ ordinary  repairs”  as  hereinafter  de¬ 
fined,  submit  to  the  superintendent  a  detailed  descrip¬ 
tion  of  the  location,  purpose  and  construction  of  the 
proposed  structure  or  work  on  proper  blanks  to  be  fur¬ 
nished  by  the  superintendent,  and  full  and  complete 
copies  of  the  plans  of  such  proposed  work  and  such 
structural  detailed  drawings  as  the  superintendent 
may  require.  Such  plans  and  detailed  drawings  shall 
be  furnished  in  duplicate,  and  if  approved  by  the 
superintendent,  one  set  shall  be  kept  at  the  building 
during  the  progress  of  the  work  open  to  the  inspection 
of  the  superintendent  or  his  representative,  the  other 
shall  be  kept  on  file  in  the  office  of  the  superintendent. 
The  superintendent  may  require  an  applicant  for  a 
permit  to  submit  with  the  plans  of  a  building  or  other 
structure  detailed  drawings  and  calculations  of  any 
portions  thereof  subjected  to  unusual  stresses,  or  of 
complicated  construction,  or  for  steel  frame  or  re¬ 
inforced  concrete  construction,  or  of  any  type  of  con¬ 
struction  not  particularly  described  in  this  chapter. 
Such  plans  and  calculations  shall  be  made  by  a  com¬ 
petent  engineer,  approved  by  the  superintendent  and 
paid  for  by  the  owner,  and  filed  in  the  office  of  the 
superintendent  with  the  plans  of  the  building.  The 
erection,  construction  or  alteration  of  such  building, 
structure,  platform,  staging  or  flooring  when  proceeded 
with  shall  be  constructed  in  accordance  with  such  ap¬ 
proved  plans  and  detailed  descriptions,  unless  amended 
plans  are  filed  and  permit  issued  therefor.  Nothing  in 


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this  section  shall  be  construed  so  as  to  prevent  the 
superintendent  from  granting  his  approval  for  the 
erection  of  any  part  of  a  building,  or  any  part  of  a 
structure  when  the  general  plans  and  detailed  descrip¬ 
tions  have  been  filed  for  the  same  before  the  entire 
detailed  plans  have  been  submitted. 

Presented  to  and  approved  by  the  Mayor,  May  25, 
1917. 

No.  10. 

BUSINESS  VEHICLES:  SOUTH  WATER  STREET. 
AN  ORDINANCE  Regulating  Traffic  in  South  Water 
Street  Between  Potomska  and  Cove  Streets. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  New 
Bedford  as  follows : 

Section  1.  No  business  vehicle,  other  than  light  ex¬ 
press  wagons  and  motor  trucks  of  one  and  one-half 
tons  capacity  or  less,  shall  be  allowed  the  use  of  South 
Water  Street  between  Potomska  and  Cove  Streets  in 
either  direction,  except  for  local  business. 

Section  2.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  upon  its 
passage. 

Presented  to  and  approved  by  the  Mayor,  May  25, 

1917. 


No.  11. 

FIREWORKS. 

AN  ORDINANCE  rescinding  an  Ordinance  passed  May 
10,  1917  and  approved  by  the  Mayor  May  11,  1917, 
entitled  “An  Ordinance  Prohibiting  the  Sale  or 
Use  of  Fireworks.” 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  New 
Bedford  as  follows: 


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Section  1.  An  ordinance  passed  by  the  City  Council 
May  10,  1917  and  approved  by  the  Mayor  May  11,  1917 
entitled  “An  Ordinance  Prohibiting  the  Sale  or  Use  of 
Fireworks”  is  hereby  rescinded  and  annulled. 

Presented  to  and  approved  by  the  Mayor,  June  15, 
1917. 

No.  12. 

SUPERINTENDENT  OF  STREET  LIGHTS. 

AN  ORDINANCE  amending  Section  41  of  the  Revised  ~ 
ordinances  of  1916. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  New  Bedford 
as  follows: 

Section  1.  Section  41  of  the  Revised  Ordinances 
of  1916  is  hereby  amended  by  adding  at  the  end,  the 
following :  ‘  1  Said  committee  shall,  annually  in  the  month 
of  April,  elect  a  superintendent  of  street  lights,  who 
shall  be  the  inspector  of  wires,  and  who  shall,  under 
the  control  of  said  committee,  inspect  the  street  lights 
and  see  that  the  contract  for  street  lighting  is  properly 
performed  according  to  contract  provisions,  and  who 
shall  act  in  an  advisory  capacity  to  said  committee. 
The  compensation  of  said  superintendent  shall  be  fixed 
by  the  City  Council.”  So  that  said  section  shall  read 
as  follows :  Section  41.  The  committee  on  street  lights 
shall  have  the  direction  and  control  of  street  lighting ; 
it  shall  determine  the  location  of  lights  and  the  form 
thereof ;  it  shall  have  control  of  all  city  property  used 
in  connection  with  street  lighting,  and  shall  see  that 
all  contracts  for  street  lighting  in  which  the  city  is  a 
party  are  properly  performed.  Said  committee  shall, 
annually  in  the  month  of  April,  elect  a  superintendent 
of  street  lights,  who  shall  be  the  inspector  of  wires,  and 
who  shall,  under  the  control  of  said  committee,  inspect 
the  street  lights  and  see  that  the  contract  for  street 
lighting  is  properly  performed  according  to  contract 


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provisions,  and  who  shall  act  in  an  advisory  capacity  to 
said  committee.  The  compensation  of  said  superin¬ 
tendent  shall  be  fixed  by  the  City  Council. 

Section  2.  For  the  purpose  of  placing  this  ordi¬ 
nance  into  immediate  effect,  the  committee  on  street 
lights  shall  elect  a  superintendent  of  street  lights  to 
hold  office  and  perform  the  duties  as  provided  in  sec¬ 
tion  one,  until  his  successor  is  duly  elected  and  quali¬ 
fied  in  April  following  the  passage  of  this  ordinance. 

Section  3.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  upon  its 
passage. 

Presented  to  and  approved  by  the  Mayor,  Nov.  9, 
1917. 


No.  13. 

REMOVING  SNOW  FROM  SIDEWALKS. 

AN  ORDINANCE  amending  Section  518  of  the  Re¬ 
vised  Ordinances  of  1916. 

Section  1.  Section  518  of  the  Revised  Ordinances 
of  1916  is  hereby  amended  by  striking  out,  in  the  sec¬ 
ond  and  third  lines  thereof,  the  words  “  covered  with 
brick,  stone,  or  concrete,”  so  that  the  said  section  as 
amended  shall  read  as  follows :  Section  518.  Every 
owner  or  occupant  of  a  building  or  lot  of  land  abutting 
upon  a  sidewalk  in  any  street  or  public  place  in  the 
city  shall  cause  the  snow  to  be  removed  from  such 
sidewalk  within  a  reasonable  time  after  such  snow  has 
ceased  to  fall ;  except  under  unusual  or  extraordinary 
circumstances  a  reasonable  time  shall  be  held  to  be  as 
follows :  If  snow  falls  in  the  day  time,  it  shall  be 
removed  from  the  sidewalk  within  four  hours  from  the 
time  it  shall  have  ceased  falling ;  if  in  the  night  time, 
it  shall  be  removed  on  or  before  eleven  o’clock  in  the 
forenoon  next  succeeding.  The  provisions  of  this  sec- 


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tion  shall  apply  to  snow  falling  from  any  building  or 
accumulating  upon  such  sidewalk  from  any  other  cause. 

Section  2.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  upon  its 
passage. 

Presented  to  and  approved  by  the  Mayor  Nov.  9, 
1917. 

No.  14. 

FIRE  DEPARTMENT. 

AN  ORDINANCE  amending  Section  387  of  the  Revised 
Ordinances  of  1916,  relating  to  ‘  ‘ Fire  Depart¬ 
ment.” 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of 
New  Bedford  as  follows: 

Section  1.  Section  387  of  the  Revised  Ordinances 
of  1916  is  hereby  amended  by  inserting  after  the  word 
1  ‘  aldermen 7  7  in  the  fifth  line  thereof,  the  following : 
“All  appointees  to  the  fire  department  shall  be  resi¬ 
dents  and  citizens  of  the  city  of  New  Bedford.”  So 
that  said  section,  as  amended,  shall  read  as  follows : 
Section  387.  The  Chief  of  the  fire  department  under  the 
provisions  of  civil  service,  shall,  except  as  herein  pro¬ 
vided,  make  all  appointments  and  promotions  in  the  fire 
department,  subject,  however,  to  confirmation  by  the 
Board  of  Aldermen;  all  appointees  to  the  fire  depart¬ 
ment  shall  be  residents  and  citizens  of  the  city  of  New 
Bedford ;  he  shall  have  sole  charge  of  the  discipline  of 
all  men  in  the  department,  and  shall  be  responsible 
therefor.  Hearings  on  removals,  suspensions  and  low¬ 
ering  in  rank  of  appointed  men,  shall  be  held  before 
the  chief,  whose  decision  shall  be  final,  subject  how¬ 
ever,  to  the  provisions  of  civil  service. 


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Section  2.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  npon  its 
passage. 

Presented  to  and  approved  by  the  Mayor,  June  14, 
1918. 

No.  15. 

POLICE  DEPARTMENT 

AN  ORDINANCE  relative  to  leave  of  absence  of  mem¬ 
bers  of  the  Police  Department. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of 
New  Bedford  as  follows : 


Section  1.  Leave  of  absence,  without  pay,  for  a  pe¬ 
riod  covering  less  than  three  months,  may  be  granted 
to  any  member  of  the  police  department  by  the  chief 
of  police,  with  the  approval  of  the  Mayor.  All  peti¬ 
tions  for  renewals  of  leave  of  absence  shall  come  within 
the.  provisions  of  Section  2  of  this  ordinance. 


Section  2.  Leave  of  absence,  without  pay,  extend¬ 
ing  beyond  a  period  of  three  months  may  be  granted  fc 

*  .  mg* 

by  the  Mayor  and  Aldermen  under  the  following  con¬ 
ditions  : 

(a)  If  said  member  is  actively  engaged  in  the  ser-  I 
vice  of  the  United  States  in  time  of  war,  in  which  case  ^4 
there  shall  be  no  limit  to  the  length  of  leave. 


i 

C  i 


03 

C\2 


(b)  If  said  member  presents  a  certificate  from  the  fz 
city  physician  that  he  is  incapable  for  active  duty  be-  •  2 
cause  of  illness,  and  that,  in  the  judgment  of  said  city 
physician,  said  disability  will  not  cease  before  the  ex-  f§ 
piration  of  the  term  of  leave ;  said  leave  being  limited 
to  one  year. 


Section  3.  Absence  from  active  duty  for  a  period 
exceeding  three  months,  excepting  under  the  condi¬ 
tions  named  in  Section  2  of  this  ordinance,  shall  be  con- 


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sidered  as  voluntary  retirement,  and  said  member  shall 
thereupon  cease  to  be  a  member  of  the  police  depart¬ 
ment. 

Section  4.  A  member  of  the  police  department  ab¬ 
sent  on  leave  for  a  period  exceeding  three  months,  ex¬ 
cept  as  provided  in  Section  2,  shall  lose  his  rating  in 
his  grade,  and  shall  remain  at  the  foot  of  the  list  in 
'  said  grade  until  he  resumes  active  duty. 

Section  5.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  upon  its 
passage. 

Presented  to  and  approved  by  the  Mayor,  June  14, 
1918. 


No.  16; 

FIREWORKS. 

AN  ORDINANCE  prohibiting  the  sale  or  use  of  fire¬ 
works  : 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  New 
Bedford  as  follows : 

Section  1.  The  sale  or  use  of  Fireworks  in  the  City 
of  New  Bedford  is  hereby  prohibited  during  the  con¬ 
tinuation  of  the  present  war. 

Section  2.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  upon  its 
passage. 

In  Common  Council,  June  13,  1918. 

Passed  to  be  ordained  notwithstanding  the  objections 
of  His  Honor  the  Mayor ;  yeas  14,  nays  7. 

Charles  P.  Sawyer,  Clerk. 

In  Common  Council,  June  13,  1918. 

Passed  to  be  ordained. 

James  M.  Hughes,  President. 


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In  Board  of  Aldermen,  June  14,  1918. 

Passed  to  be  ordained  notwithstanding  the  objections 
of  the  Mayor ;  yeas  5,  nays  1. 

W.  H.  B.  Remington,  City  Clerk. 

In  Board  of  Aldermen,  June  14,  1918. 

Passed  to  be  ordained. 

Chas.  S.  Ashley,  Mayor. 

No.  17. 

POLICE  DEPARTMENT. 

AN  ORDINANCE  amending  “An  Ordinance  Relative 
to  Leave  of  Absence  of  Members  of  the  Police  De¬ 
partment.  ” 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  New 
Bedford  as  follows : 

Section  1.  An  Ordinance  entitled  “Relative  to  Leave 
of  Absence  of  Members  of  the  Police  Department, '  ’ 
passed  to  be  ordained  by  the  City  Council,  June  13, 
1918,  and  approved  by  the  Mayor,  June  14,  1918,  is 
hereby  amended  by  striking  out  Section  4  of  said  ordi¬ 
nance. 

Section  2.  This  ordinance  will  take  effect  upon  its 
passage. 

Presented  to  and  approved  by  the  Mayor,  July  17, 

1918. 


No.  19. 

KWIATKOWSKI  FUND. 

AN  ORDINANCE  for  the  Creation  of  Trustees  of  the 
Charles  Kwiatkowski  Fund. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  New 
Bedford  as  follows: 


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Section  1.  A  board  of  trustees,  to  be  known  as 
Trustees  of  the  Charles  Kwiatkowski  Fund,  is  hereby 
created,  said  board  to  consist  of  the  Mayor,  the  City 
Treasurer,  and  the  City  Auditor  of  the  City  of  New 
Bedford,  as  the  same  may  from  time  to  time  be. 

Section  2.  Said  trustees  shall  receive  from  the  City 
of  New  Bedford  money  appropriated  for  the  benefit  of 
Stanislas  Kwiatkowski  and  Stanislawa  Kwiatkowski, 
parents  of  Charles  Kwiatkowski,  under  the  authority 
of  Chapter  5,  Special  Acts  of  1919,  and  shall  deposit 
the  same  in  some  bank  where  the  principal  shall  draw 
interest. 

Section  3.  Said  trustees  shall  pay  to  each  of  the 
parents  of  the  said  Charles  Kwiatkowski,  namely  Stan¬ 
islas  Kwiatkowski  and  Stanislawa  Kwiatkowski,  a  sum 
not  to  exceed  twenty-five  dollars  ($25)  per  month,  un¬ 
til  the  principal,  with  the  interest  which  has  accrued 
thereon,  shall  have  been  entirely  exhausted.  It  is  here¬ 
by  provided  that  in  the  case  of  the  death  of  either  the 
said  Stanislas  Kwiatkowski  or  Stanislawa  Kwiatkow¬ 
ski,  a  sum  not  exceeding  twenty-five  dollars  ($25)  per 
month  shall  be  paid  to  the  surviving  parent  of  the  said 
Charles  Kwiatkowski,  until  the  principal  and  interest 
aforesaid  shall  have  been  entirely  exhausted.  In  the 
event  of  the  death  of  both  the  said  Stanislas  Kwiat¬ 
kowski  and  Stanislawa  Kwiatkowski,  before  said  prin¬ 
cipal  and  interest  is  exhausted,  then  the  amount  remain¬ 
ing  unexpended  in  the  custody  of  said  trustees  shall  be 
paid  by  said  trustees  into  the  City  Treasury  to  and  for 
the  use  of  the  City  of  New  Bedford. 

Section  4.  It  is  provided,  however,  that  no  payment 
shall  be  made  by  said  trustees  to  either  of  the  bene¬ 
ficiaries  named  in  said  Chapter  5  of  the  Special  Acts  of 
1919,  until  they  shall  have  both  entered  into  agreement, 
in  writing,  with  the  City  of  New  Bedford,  to  acknowl- 


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edge,  agree,  consent,  and  arrange  with  said  City  of 
New  Bedford  that  the  sum  set  aside  for  their  benefit 
by  said  city  may  be  placed  in  trust,  and  proportional 
payments  of  the  principal  and  interest  received  by 
them,  or  either  of  them,  from  time  to  time,  in  accord¬ 
ance  with  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance. 

Section  5.  When  said  trustees  shall  have  completed 
their  trust,  as  herein  provided,  they  shall  make  report 
to  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  New  Bedford,  and  on 
the  acceptance  of  said  report  by  the  City  Council  they 
shall  be  discharged  from  their  trust. 

Section  6.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  upon  its 
passage. 

In  Board  of  Aldermen,  Feb.  27,  1919. 

Passed  to  be  ordained. 

Chas.  S.  Ashley,  Mayor. 

In  Common  Council,  Feb.  27,  1919. 

Passed  to  be  ordained.  • 

Frank  A.  McNulty,  President. 

Presented  to  the  Mayor  for  approval,  Feb.  28,  1919. 

Not  having  been  approved  by  the  Mayor,  and  not 
having  been  returned  by  the  Mayor  within  ten  days 
after  presentation  for  his  approval,  the  within  Ordi¬ 
nance  is  now  in  force,  under  the  provisions  of  Section 
9,  Chapter  26,  Revised  Laws. 

March  10,  1919. 

W.  H.  B.  Remington,  City  Clerk. 


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No.  20. 

KWIATKO W SKI  FUND. 

AN  ORDINANCE  amending  An  Ordinance  for  the 
Creation  of  Trustees  of  the  Charles  Kwiatkowski 
Fund. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of 
New. Bedford  as  follows: 

Section  1.  An  Ordinance  entitled  “An  Ordinance 
for  the  Creation  of  Trustees  of  the  Charles  Kwiatkow¬ 
ski  Fund”  passed  by  the  City  Council  February  27, 
1919,  is  hereby  amended  by  striking  out  Sections  2,  3, 

4,  5  and  6  of  said  ordinance,  and  inserting  in  place 
thereof  a  new  section  to  be  known  as  Section  2,  which 
said  section  shall  read  as  follows:  Section  2.  Said 
trustees  shall  receive  from  the  City  of  New  Bedford 
such  money  as  may  be  appropriated  for  the  relief  of 
the  parents  of  Charles  Kwiatkowski,  under  the  pro-  * 
visions  of  Chapter  5,  Special  Acts  of  the  Legislature 
of  1919,  and  shall  pay  over  the  same  to  Stanislas  Kwi¬ 
atkowski  andtStanislawa  Kwiatkowski,  the  mother  and 
father  of  Charles  Kwiatkowski,  in  such  manner  as  they 
shall  deem  to  be  for  their  best  interests.  In  the  event 
of  the  death  of  either  the  said  Stanislas  Kwiatkowski 
or  Stanislawa  Kwiatkowski,  then  the  funds,  if  any, 
remaining  in  the  hands  of  the  said  trustees  shall  be 
paid  to  the  surviving  parent  of  the  said  Charles  Kwiat¬ 
kowski  in  such  manner  as  the  said  trustees  shall  deem 
best.  In  the  event  of  the  death  of  both  the  said  Stan¬ 
islas  Kwiatkowski  and  Stanislawa  Kwiatkowski,  any 
funds  then  remaining  in  the  hands  of  the  said  trustees 
shall  be  paid  to  the  legal  representatives  of  the  parent 
last  deceased  of  the  said  Charles  Kwiatkowski.  Imme¬ 
diately  following  the  final  payment,  said  trustees  shall 
make  a  detailed  report  to  the  City  Council  of  their 
doings,  and  upon  the  acceptance  of  said  report,  by  the 
City  Council,  said  trustees  shall  be  discharged  from 
their  trust. 


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Section  2.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  upon  its 
passage. 

Presented  to  and  approved  by  the  Mayor,  April  11, 

1919. 


No.  18. 

CITY  DOCUMENTS. 

AN  ORDINANCE  Amending  Revised  Ordinances  of 
1916  Relative  to  Advertising  and  Printing  the  City 
Documents. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of 
New  Bedford  as  follows: 

Section  1.  Sections  68,  69,  70,  71,  72  and  73  of  the 
Revised  Ordinances  of  1916  are  hereby  repealed. 

Section  2.  Annual  department  reports  shall  be  uni¬ 
form  in  size  and  style,  and  similar,  in  a  general  way  to 
the  City  Documents  of  1918.  Each  department  head 
shall  be  charged  with  printing  the  report  of  his  depart¬ 
ment.  At  the  same  time  said  reports  are  printed,  the 
department  head  shall  have  printed,  on  machine  fin¬ 
ished  pure  white  paper,  60  pounds  to  the  ream,  extra 
sheets  for  the  compilation  of  the  reports  known  as  the 
City  Documents.  The  number  of  such  extra  sheets 
shall  be  ascertained  by  the  heads  of  departments  from 
the  Clerk  of  Committees.  Such  printed  extra  sheets 
shall  be  delivered  to  the  Clerk  of  Committees,  or  to  the 
binder  named  by  him,  and  shall  be  bound  into  the  City 
Documents  of  the  current  year. 

Section  3.  The  City  Documents  shall  include  the 
Mayor’s  inaugural  address  of  the  current  year,  a  mu¬ 
nicipal  register  containing  a  list  of  all  elected  and  ap¬ 
pointed  officers  and  officials  of  the  city  as  to  the  first 
day  of  June  of  the  current  year,  with  the  amount  of 
compensation  received  by  each,  and  a  copy  of  every 


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city  ordinance  passed  since  the  last  previous  publica¬ 
tion  of  the  City  Documents.  Such  city  ordinances  shall 
be  furnished  to  the  Clerk  of  Committees  by  the  City 
Clerk.  The  preparation,  printing,  binding  and  dis¬ 
tribution  of  the  City  Documents  shall  be  under  the  full 
charge  and  control  of  the  Clerk  of  Committees,  and  the 
cost  thereof  shall  be  charged  to  the  accounts  City 
Council. 

Section  4.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  upon  its 
passage. 

Presented  to  and  approved  by  the  Mayor,  Feb.  28, 
1919. 


No.  21. 

POOL  ROOM  HOURS. 

AN  ORDINANCE  Regulating  the  Hours  During  Which 
Billiard,  Pool  and  Sippio  Tables  and  Bowling  Alley 
Licenses  May  Be  Operated. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  New 
Bedford  as  follows : 

Section  1.  No  billiard,  pool  or  sippio  table,  and  no 
bowling  alley,  operated  under  license  provided  for  by 
law  and  issued  under  the  provisions  of  section  610  of 
the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1916,  shall  be  used  or  per¬ 
mitted  by  the  licensee  to  be  used  between  the  hours  of 
twelve  P.  M.  and  seven  A.  M.,  except  that  on  the  night 
preceding  a  holiday  (save  when  such  holiday  comes  on 
a  Sunday)  such  tables  and  alleys  may  be  used  until  2 
o  ’clock  A.  M. 

Section  2.  A  licensee  who  uses  or  permits  the  use 
of  such  tables  or  alley  contrary  to  the  provisions  con¬ 
tained  in  Section  1  of  this  ordinance  shall  be  liable  to 
a  penalty  of  not  less  than  one  nor  more  than  twenty 


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dollars  for  each  offence,  and  the  license  issued  to  him 
shall  be  revoked  by  the  Mayor  and  Aldermen. 

Section  3.  This  Ordinance  shall  take  effect  May  1, 

1919. 

Presented  to  and  approved  by  the  Mayor,  April  11, 
1919. 

No.  22. 

PUBLIC  VEHICLES. 

AN  ORDINANCE  Repealing  Sections  630  to  654  In¬ 
clusive  of  Revised  Ordinances  of  1916,  Relative  to 
Public  Vehicles,  and  Substituting  New  Sections 
Therefor. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of 
New  Bedford  as  follows : 

Section  1 : 

i 

Public  Vehicles. 

Sections  630  to  654,  inclusive,  of  the  Revised  Ordi¬ 
nances  of  1916  of  the  City  of  New  Bedford,  in  effect 
January  1st,  1917,  relating  to  Public  Vehicles,  and  any 
and  all  amendments  thereof,  are  hereby  repealed  and 
the  following  provisions  enacted  in  substitution  there¬ 
for,  to  wit : 

Section  630.  No  person,  association  or  corporation 
shall  transport  for  hire  passengers  or  goods,  wares, 
merchandise  or  rubbish  within  the  city  by  means  of 
any  vehicle  unless  licensed  as  herein  provided.  A  ve¬ 
hicle  as  used  in  this  chapter  shall  be  held  to  be  any 
hackney  carriage,  wagon,  cart,  sleigh,  truck,  automobile, 
motor  car,  motor  hearse,  motor  ambulance  or  other  con¬ 
veyance  or  apparatus  used  upon  the  public  streets  drawn 
by  animals  or  propelled  by  steam  or  electric  or  gasoline 
or  other  power,  but  shall  not  include  cars,  engines  or  other 


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means  of  transportation  running  on  tracks  or  rails 
owned  and  operated  by  any  duly  incorporated  steam 
railroad  or  street  railway  company  having  locations  in 
said  city. 

Section  631.  The  authority  vested  in  the  Mayor  and 
Aldermen  to  grant  any  license  under  Section  630  or 
any  driver’s  license  under  Section  642  is  hereby  dele¬ 
gated  to  the  City  Clerk  as  permitted  by  Chapter  one 
hundred  forty-one  of  the  Acts  of  1914.  The  City  Clerk 
may,  in  his  discretion,  refer  any  application  for  such 
licenses  to  the  Mayor  and  Aldermen  as  provided  in 
Section  615. 

Section  632.  The  application  for  said  license  shall 
be  on  a  blank  furnished  by  the  City  Clerk,  and  the  form 
of  the  application  and  the  information  to  be  furnished 
thereon  by  the  applicant  shall  be  such  as  shall  be  ap¬ 
proved  by  the  Mayor  and  Aldermen. 

The  application  shall  specify  the  class  of  license  ap¬ 
plied  for,  as  provided  in  Section  633,  and  in  case  of  a 
license  applied  for  under  Class  B  shall  definitely  state 
the  termini  between  which  the  vehicle  is  to  be  operated 
and  one  specific  route  over  which  it  is  to  be  operated 
as  provided  in  Section  641.  In  the  case  of  a  license 
applied  for  under  Class  B  the  application  must  also  be 
accompanied  by  a  schedule  of  trips  proposed  to  be  run, 
which  shall  include  a  regular  daily  service  between  such 
hours  as  may  be  designated,  but  covering  a  period  of 
not  less  than  eight  hours.  The  application  in  case  of  a 
license  under  Class  A  shall  name  the  stand,  or  stands,  or 
the  stable,  garage,  office  or  other  specific  place  at  which 
persons  may  engage  the  vehicle. 

The  City  Clerk  shall  require  such  application  to  be 
signed  and  sworn  to  before  an  officer  authorized  to  ad¬ 
minister  oaths. 

Section  633.  There  shall  be  three  classes  of  licenses 
for  Vehicles  for  Hire. 


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Class  A. 

Vehicles  which  are  to  be  used  for  the  transportation 
of  passengers  in  the  manner  of  cabs  or  hackney  coaches, 
having  designated  stands  or  stables  or  garages,  where 
they  may  be  engaged  in  person  or  by  telephone  to  carry 
passengers  on  special  trips,  or  by  the  hour,  to  and  from 
any  parts  of  the  city. 

Class  B. 

Vehicles  which  are  to  be  used  for  affording  a  means 
of  street  transportation  by  indiscriminately  accepting 
and  discharging  such  persons  as  may  offer  themselves 
for  transportation  along  certain  defined  routes,  com¬ 
monly  known  as  Jitneys. 

Class  C. 

Vehicles  used  for  the  transportation  of  goods,  wares, 
merchandise  or  rubbish. 

Section  634.  The  licenses  issued  by  the  City  Clerk 
shall  be  in  such  form  as  shall  be  approved  by  the  Mayor 
and  Aldermen  and  shall  state  the  name,  place  of  resi¬ 
dence,  and  post-office  address  of  the  licensee,  who  shall 
be  a  resident  of  the  Commonwealth ;  a  brief  description 
of  the  vehicle  licensed,  the  serial  number  of  the  license, 
the  term  of  the  license,  the  class  of  service  for  which 
said  vehicle  is  to  be  used ;  and  in  case  of  vehicles  under 
Class  A  the  stand  or  stands  or  the  stable,  garage,  office 
or  other  specific  place  at  which  persons  may  engage  the 
vehicle ;  and  in  case  of  vehicles  under  Class  B  the  route 
on  which  said  vehicle-  is  to  be  used ;  and  such  other 
provisions  as  the  Mayor  and  Aldermen  may  from  time 
to  time  prescribe.  Said  licenses  shall  expire  on  the 
thirtieth  day  of  June  following  the  issuance  thereof.  A 
fee  of  ten  dollars  for  each  vehicle  license  of  Class  A  and 
B  and  a  fee  of  $1.00  for  each  license  of  Class  C  shall  be 
paid  to  the  City  Clerk  before  the  issuance  thereof.  Ve¬ 
hicles  licensed  for  the  transportation  of  passengers, 
Class  A  and  Class  B,  shall  have  a  metal  seal  bearing 


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the  words  “Licensed  Vehicle  No. - ,”  setting  forth  the 

serial  number  of  the  license  and  the  date  of  its  expira¬ 
tion,  said  seal  to  be  attached  to  the  vehicle  so  that  it  is 
conspicuously  displayed  whenever  said  vehicle  is  being 
used  for  hire.  Said  metal  seals  shall  be  furnished  by 
the  City  Clerk  and  a  fee  of  fifty  cents  shall  be  paid  to 
the  City  Clerk  before  the  issuance  of  the  license.  Ve¬ 
hicles  licensed  under  Class  B  shall  at  all  times  when 
operated  under  said  license  carry  a  sign  stating  the 
main  street  or  streets  of  the  route,  the  termini  of  the 
route,  and  the  fare  to  be  charged,  which  sign  shall 
be  so  attached  or  joined  to  the  lower  portion  of 
the  wind  shield  or  on  the  dash  of  the  vehicle,  or 
if  the  vehicle  is  the  enclosed  type,  on  the  sides  there¬ 
of,  so  as  to  be  plainly  visible  to  persons  on  the  street, 
The  letters  and  figures  contained  on  the  sign  shall  be 
not  less  than  2*4  inches  in  height  and  shall  have  a  stroke 
of  not  less  than  one-quarter  of  an  inch  in  width,  and 
shall  be  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Chief  of  Police. 
No  other  advertising  sign  of  any  kind  shall  be  placed 
or  carried  on  any  such  vehicle,  except  as  specifically 
permitted  by  the  Chief  of  Police.  Vehicles  licensed  for 
the  transportation  of  goods,  Class  C,  shall  have  wagon 
plates  setting  forth  the  serial  number  of  the  license  and 
the  date  of  its  expiration.  Said  plates  to  be  conspicu¬ 
ously  displayed  on  each  side  of  the  body  of  the  vehicle. 
Said  wagon  plates  shall  be  furnished  by  the  City  Clerk 
and  a  fee  of  fifty  cents  shall  be  paid  to  the  City  Clerk 
before  the  issuance  of  the  license.  The  color  of  said 
seals  and  wagon  plates  shall  be  changed  annually.  The 
City  Clerk  shall  keep  a  record  of  all  licenses  issued  un¬ 
der  the  provisions  of  the  ordinances  relating  to  public 
vehicles. 

Section  635.  No  license  shall  be  issued  to  any  per¬ 
son,  association  or  corporation,  to  operate  a  vehicle  un¬ 
der  Class  B  until  such  person,  association  or  corpora¬ 
tion  shall  have  filed  with  the  City  Clerk,  to  be  deliv- 


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ered  by  him  to  the  City  Treasurer,  a  bond  in  a  sum 
equal  in  amount  to  two  hundred  fifty  dollars  for  each 
and  every  passenger  the  licensee  is  authorized  to  carry 
in  said  vehicle.  Said  bond  shall  be  signed  by  the  licensee 
as  principal,  and  by  a  corporation  which  shall  have  com¬ 
plied  with  all  provisions  of  law  as  to  transacting  the 
business  of  a  guaranty,  fidelity  and  surety  company 
within  this  Commonwealth  as  surety ;  or  by  such  other 
sureties,  not  less  than  two,  as  shall  be  approved  on  the 
bond  in  writing  by  both  the  City  Clerk  and  the  City 
Treasurer.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City  Clerk  and 
City  Treasurer  to  ascertain  by  inquiry  and  investiga¬ 
tion  so  far  as  they  are  able  that  said  sureties  signed  and 
executed  said  bond  and  that  they  severally  have  suffi¬ 
cient  property  within  the  Commonwealth  to  fulfill  the 
obligations  of  the  bond  and  therefore  all  persons  whose 
names  appear  on  said  bonds  shall  be  personally  exam¬ 
ined  by  the  City  Clerk  and  sign  said  bonds  in  his  pres¬ 
ence.  If,  at  any  time,  during  the  term  of  the  license, 
the  City  Clerk  or  City  Treasurer  have  knowledge  of  any 
facts  which  render  the  responsibility  of  said  sureties 
questionable,  the  City  Clerk  shall  suspend  the  license 
and  in  that  case  he  shall  notify  the  Chief  of  Police  who 
shall  prohibit  the  use  of  the  licensed  vehicle  until 
action  under  Section  653  is  taken. 

Said  bond  shall  name  the  City  of  New  Bedford  as 
obligee  and  said  city  shall  be  subrogated  to  the  rights 
of  .any  person  to  whom  the  conditions  of  the  bond 
apply. 

Said  bond  shall  be  conditioned  to  pay  any  final  judg¬ 
ment  against  the  person  named  as  principal  in  said 
bond  for  any  injury  to  person  or  property,  or  damages 
for  causing  the  death  of  any  person,  by  reason  of  any 
negligence  or  unlawful  act  on  the  part  of  the  principal 
named  in  said  bond,  his  or  its  agents,  employes  or 
drivers,  in  the  use  or  operation  of  the  vehicle  so 
licensed. 


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Said  bond  shall  be  submitted  to  the  City  Solicitor 
and  approved  by  him  as  to  form  before  the  same  is  ac¬ 
cepted. 

Section  636.  No  vehicle  operated  by  motor  power 
shall  be  licensed  until  the  same  has  been  inspected  and 
tested  by  actual  demonstration  by  the  Chief  of  Police 
or  some  person  designated  by  him,  and  until  the  Chief 
of  Police  has  in  writing  reported  to  the  City  Clerk  that 
said  vehicle  is  in  a  safe  and  proper  condition  for  use. 
A  fee  of  one  dollar  shall  be  paid  to  the  Police  Depart¬ 
ment  for  said  examination.  The  Chief  of  Police  may 
examine  or  cause  to  be  examined  by  a  person  desig¬ 
nated  by  him,  without  expense  to  the  owner,  any 
licensed  vehicle  at  any  time  and  it  shall  be  his  duty  to 
examine  the  same  whenever  he  deems  it  expedient  and 
desirable  for  the  safety  of  the  public,  and  in  case  he  deems 
the  vehicle  is  in  an  unsafe  or  improper  condition,  or  not 
equipped  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  the 
ordinances  relating  to  public  vehicles  he  shall  prohibit 
the  further  use  of  such  vehicle  and  shall  notify  the  City 
Clerk  who  shall  suspend  the  license  subject  to  the 
provisions  of  Section  653. 

Section  637.  No  vehicle  licensed  under  Class  A  shall 
solicit  or  receive  passengers  on  the  streets  except  at  the 
definite  places  named  in  the  license,  or  such  places  as 
persons  desiring  service  designate  when  engaging  the 
same. 

Section  638.  No  vehicle  licensed  under  Class  B  shall 
be  driven  or  carry  passengers  on  any  other  route  than 
the  route  designated  in  the  license,  or  on  any  streets 
other  than  the  streets  designated  for  said  route,  during 
the  period  of  time  covered  by  the  schedule  filed  in  the 
office  of  the  City  Clerk,  except  during  holidays  and 
days  when  there  is  a  circus  or  some  similar  unusual 
event  in  the  city.  The  schedule  may  be  altered  by 
the  licensee  of  said  vehicle  from  time  to  time  upon 


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filing  the  alteration  with  the  City  Clerk,  and  the  vehicle 
may  at  all  times  run  such  extra  trips  at  such  extra  time 
as  the  licensee  may  desire,  provided  said  trips  are  run 
between  the  specified  termini  and  upon  the  prescribed 
route.  Otherwise  vehicles  licensed  under  Class  B  shall 
not  be  driven  or  operated  for  the  carriage  of  passen¬ 
gers  for  hire,  except  that  a  vehicle  licensed  under  Class 
B,  may  apply  for  and  receive  a  separate  and  additional 
license  under  Class  A,  which  shall  be  operative  only 
during  such  hours  as  are  not  covered  by  the  schedule 
filed  in  connection  with  the  license  under  Class  B  with 
the  City  Clerk. 

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Section  639.  The  stand  or  stands,  and  the  stable, 
garage,  office  or  other  specified  place  at  which  persons 
may  engage  for  hire  vehicles  licensed  under  Class  A 
may  be  as  specified  by  the  applicant  in  the  application 
for  the  license,  unless  the  City  Clerk,  in  his  discretion, 
deems  that  such  stands  or  places  will  be  objectionable 
to  general  traffic  in  the  streets,  or  inconvenient  for  the 
public  desiring  the  service,  unless  the  application  is 
amended  in  this  respect  in  a  manner  which  he  deems 
proper. 

Section  640.  The  stands  for  vehicles  under  Class  B 
shall  be  as  follows  : 

No.  1.  For  vehicles  licensed  to  operate  over  Route 
No.  1,  as  prescribed  in  Section  641,  shall  be  on  the  west 
side  of  Pleasant  Street,  adjacent  to  the  curb,  between 
Mechanics  Lane  and  Elm  Street,  facing  south. 

No.  2.  For  vehicles  licensed  to  operate  over  Route  No. 
2  and  No.  3  shall  be  on  the  south  side  of  Elm  Street, 
adjacent  to  the  curb,  between  Pleasant  and  Sixth  Streets, 
facing  east. 

No  vehicle  shall  remain  at  said  stands  for  a  period  ex¬ 
ceeding  ten  minutes,  and  the  driver  shall  move  the  same 
at  any  time  on  direction  of  any  police  officer. 


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Section  641.  The  Routes  for  vehicles  licensed  under 
Class  B  shall  be  as  follows : 

Route  No.  1.  From  Stand  No.  1  through  Pleasant, 
Spring,  Purchase,  Weld  Streets  and  Acushnet  Ayenue 
to  Lund’s  Corner  (Belleville  Road),  returning  through 
Acushnet  Avenue,  Weld  and  Purchase  Streets  to  Stand 
No.  1. 

Route  No.  2.  From  Stand  No.  2  through  Pleasant, 
William,  Purchase,  Rivet,  First  and  Cove  Streets  and 
Brock  Avenue  to  Fort  Rodman.  Return  through  Brock 
Avenue,  South  Water,  Rivet,  Purchase,  Union,  Pleasant, 

Market  and  Sixth  Streets  to  Stand  No.  2. 

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Route  No.  3.  From  Stand  No.  3  through  Elm,  Pleas¬ 
ant,  Middle,  Purchase,  Union,  Pleasant,  Mill,  Kempton 
Streets  to  Dartmouth  line ;  returning  through  Kempton, 
Mill,  County,  Middle,  Sixth  Streets  to  Stand  No.  3. 

Section  642.  No  person  shall  drive,  operate  or  be  in 
charge  of  any  vehicle  requiring  a  vehicle  license  under 
the  provisions  of  the  ordinances  relating  to  Public  Vehi¬ 
cles  in  any  street  or  public  place  in  the  city  without 
first  obtaining  a  Driver’s  License.  The  application  for 
a  Driver’s  License  shall  be  on  a  blank  furnished  by  the 
City  Clerk  and  the  form  of  the  application  and  the  in¬ 
formation  to  be  furnished  shall  be  such  as  shall  be  ap¬ 
proved  by  the  Mayor  and  Aldermen.  The  application 
shall  be  signed  and  sworn  to  by  the  applicant  before 
an  officer  authorized  to  administer  oaths.  No  license  to 
operate  on  Routes  No.  1  and  No.  2  shall  be  granted  to 
any  person  not  a  resident  of  New  Bedford.  No  license 
shall  be  issued  to  any  person  not  a  citizen  of  the  United 
States  unless  such  person  shall  have  filed  first  papers 
seeking  naturalization  or  if  having  filed  his  first  natur¬ 
alization  papers  he  shall  be  required  to  become  a  citizen 
of  the  United  States  as  soon  as  the  law  permits. 

No  license  shall  be  issued  to  any  person  under  the 
age  of  eighteen  years  or  who  is  in  the  discretion  of  the 
City  Clerk  physically  or  mentally  unfit,  or  unable  to 


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clearly  speak  and  intelligently  write  the  English 
language,  or  who  is  not  a  resident  of  the  Common¬ 
wealth,  and  who  does  not  also  possess  a  chauffeur’s 
license  issued  to  him  by  the  Massachusetts  Highway 
Commission  and  in  force  at  the  time  when  such  appli¬ 
cation  is  made. 

The  license  shall  contain  the  name,  place  of  residence, 
postoffice  address  of  the  licensee,  a  brief  personal  de¬ 
scription  of  the  licensee,  sufficient  for  identification,  in¬ 
cluding  age,  height,  weight,  color  of  hair,  color  of  eyes, 
and  any  peculiarly  distinguishing  characteristic.  Said 
license  shall  state  the  date  of  the  expiration  of  the  li¬ 
cense  which  shall  be  one  year  from  the  date  of  the  issu¬ 
ance  thereof. 

A  fee  of  ten  dollars  for  each  such  license  shall  be  paid 
to  the  City  Clerk  before  the  issuance  thereof. 

The  City  Clerk  at  the  time  of  issuing  such  driver’s 
license  shall  deliver  to  the  licensee  a  distinguishing 
badge  made  of  metal  or  other  similar  material  bearing 
the  words  “Vehicle  Driver’s  License  No. - ,  New  Bed¬ 

ford,  Mass.,”  setting  forth  the  serial  number  of  the  li¬ 
cense.  A  fee  of  one  dollar  shall  be  paid  to  the  City 
Clerk  before  the  issuance  thereof. 

Section  643.  The  driver  of  any  licensed  motor  vehi¬ 
cle,  whenever  driving  or  in  charge  of  a  licensed  vehicle 
in  the  streets  or  public  places  of  the  city,  shall  at  all 
times  have  in  his  possession,  ready  to  produce  without 
delay  and  upon  request  by  any  police  officer  of  the  city 
the  vehicle  license,  and  his  Driver’s  license,  and  shall 
wear  his  badge  upon  the  right  breast  of  his  outward 
garment. 

Section  644.  Any  driver  who  does  not  comply  with 
the  provisions  of  the  ordinances  relating  to  Public  Ve¬ 
hicles  or  who  carries  passengers  for  hire  on  any  vehicle 
licensed  under  Class  B  to  or  from  any  place  or  on  any 
route  other  than  the  route  specified  in  the  license  within 
the  period  of  the  schedule  filed  for  such  vehicle,  or  who 


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surrenders  to  any  other  person,  except  a  duly  qualified 
officer  of  the  law,  his  driver’s  license  or  badge,  or  lends 
the  same  to  any  person,  shall  be  subject  to  fine  as  pro¬ 
vided  in  the  ordinances  relating  to  Public  Vehicles,  and 
any  person  who  drives  any  vehicle  which  requires  a  li¬ 
cense  without  a  driver’s  license,  or  who,  while  driving 
has  in  his  possession  a  driver’s  license  or  badge  not 
issued  to  himself,  shall  be  subject  to  fine  as  aforesaid. 

Section  645.  No  licensed  motor  vehicle  shall  be  driven 
or  operated  when  used  for  the  conveyance  of  passengers 
for  hire,  unless  the  same  be  equipped  with  proper  non¬ 
skidding  devices,  in  any  street  or  public  place  where 
there  is  snow  or  ice  or  where  the  surface  of  the  street 
is  in  such  condition  that  travel  by  motor  is  dangerous, 
without  the  use  of  efficient  non-skidding  devices,  and  no 
such  vehicle  shall  be  equipped  with  a  muffler  cutout  so 
called. 

Section  646.  No  licensed  vehicle  shall  be  driven  or 
operated  when  used  for  the  conveyance  of  passengers 
for  hire,  during  the  period  from  one-half  hour  after 
sunset  until  one-half  hour  before  sunrise,  unless 
equipped  for  interior  lighting,  and  whenever  enclosed 
or  whenever  the  top  is  up,  the  interior  of  said  vehicle 
shall  be  lighted.  No  person  shall  stand  or  sit  or  ride 
on  the  running  board  or  step  or  fender,  dash,  or  door 
of  a  licensed  vehicle  when  in  motion.  No  greater 
number  of  passengers  shall  enter  or  be  transported  at 
one  time  in  any  licensed  vehicle  than  such  vehicle  has 
seating  capacity  for,  according  to  the  manufacturer’s 
rating  thereof,  except  that  in  addition  thereto  children 
under  seven  years  of  age  may  be  carried  in  the  arms 
and  seated  on  the  laps  of  adult  persons  accompanying 
them,  but  no  passenger  with  a  child  in  the  arms  or 
seated  on  the  lap  shall  be  admitted  to  any  front  seat 
beside  the  driver.  Any  driver  who  permits  any  person 
to  disregard  the  foregoing  provisions  shall  be  subject  to 
tine  as  provided  in  this  ordinance. 


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Section  647.  No  driver  or  person  in  charge  of  any- 
licensed  motor  vehicle  used  for  the  conveyance  of  pas¬ 
sengers  for  hire  shall  stop  the  same  to  receive  or  dis¬ 
charge  any  passenger,  except  by  the  side  of  the  vehicle 
next  to  the  right  hand  curb  of  the  street  or  permit  any 
passenger  to  enter  or  leave  the  same  except  on  the  side 
thereof  nearest  the  street  curb,  excepting  in  the  case  of 
a  passenger  on  the  front  seat  where  the  driver’s  seat 
is  on  the  side  of  the  curb,  in  which  event  the  driver  shall 
exert  the  utmost  care  to  save  the  passenger  from  injury 
from  passing  traffic;  no  licensed  vehicle  shall  stop,  to 
take  on  or  deliver  passengers,  within  fifteen  feet  of  a 
street  cross,  or  a  hydrant,  or  a  white  pole  designated  as 
a  street  car  stopping  place.  No  person  driving  or  in 
charge  of,  or  in  any  way  connected  with  any  licensed 
vehicle  used  for  the  conveyance  of  passengers  for  hire 
shall  solicit  passengers  by  unreasonable  outcry  or  oper¬ 
ate  any  noise  or  other  device  for  the  purpose  of  soliciting 
passengers.  No  driver  or  person  in  charge  of  any  motor 
vehicle  operating  under  the  license  given  in  Class  B 
shall  refuse  to  stop  at  the  signal  of  a  prospective  pas¬ 
senger  and  allow  such  prospective  passenger  to  board 
his  vehicle  unless  said  vehicle  at  the  time  is  carrying  as 
many  passengers  as  its  seating  capacity  according  to 
manufacturer’s  rating  thereof.  But  any  driver  or  per¬ 
son  in  charge  of  any  licensed  motor  vehicle  may  refuse 
to  accept  as  a  passenger  a  person  who  is  under  the  in¬ 
fluence  of  liquor,  and  if  a  person  under  the  influence  of 
liquor  does  obtain  a  seat  in  any  licensed  motor  vehicle 
the  driver  or  person  in  charge  of  the  vehicle  may  order 
such  objectionable  passenger  to  vacate  said  vehicle. 

Section  648.  Every  person  driving  or  in  charge  of  a 
licensed  vehicle  used  for  the  conveyance  of  passengers 
for  hire  shall  report  to  the  Chief  of  Police  every  article 
left  therein  by  any  passenger,  in  addition  to  fulfilling 
the  requirements  of  chapter  ninety-four  of  the  Re¬ 
vised  Laws. 


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Section  649.  Every  person  owning  or  driving  or 
in  charge  of  a  licensed  vehicle  used  for  the  conveyance 
of  passengers  for  hire  shall  observe  and  comply  with 
all  the  laws  of  the  Commonwealth  relating  to  such  ve¬ 
hicles,  and  all  the  rules  and  regulations  of  the  Massa¬ 
chusetts  Highway  Commission,  and  all  the  traffic  regu¬ 
lations  and  rules  of  the  road  of  the  City  of  New  Bed¬ 
ford,  and  any  such  person  not  observing  and  complying 
with  such  laws  and  regulations,  in  addition  to  such 
other  penalties  as  may  be  provided  by  law,  shall  be 
liable  to  fine  under  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance. 

Section  650.  The  provisions  of  the  ordinances  relat¬ 
ing  to  Public  Vehicles  shall  not  apply  to  vehicles  used 
for  the  transportation  of  passengers,  or  goods,  wares, 
merchandise,  or  rubbish  by  means  of  any  vehicle  for 
hire,  or  to  the  drivers  of  the  same,  if  the  vehicle  is 
let  by  the  hour,  day,  or  job,  on  call  or  by  appoint¬ 
ment. 

Section  651.  The  fares  for  the  conveyance  of  pas¬ 
sengers  in  licensed  vehicles  used  for  the  conveyance  of 
passengers  for  hire  shall  be  as  follows : 

(1)  For  vehicles  licensed  under  Class  A,  for  convey¬ 
ing  one  or  more  adult  passengers  from  one  place  to  an¬ 
other  within  the  portion  of  the  city  described  here¬ 
after  shall  not  exceed  50  cents  for  one  passenger  and 
35  cents  for  each  passenger  when  there  are  two  or  more 
passengers,  except  between  the  hours  of  nine  o’clock 
p.  m.  and  six  o’clock  a.  m.,  when  75  cents  for  the  first 
passenger  and  50  cents  for  each  passenger  when  there 
are  two  or  more  passengers  may  be  charged ;  for  each 
child  between  the  ages  of  four  and  twelve  years,  one 
half  of  the  above  rates ;  for  children  not  over  four  years 
of  age,  accompanied  by  their  parents  or  guardians,  no 
charge ;  for  the  charges  aforesaid  each  passenger  may 
carry  a  hat  box,  grip  sack,  portmanteau  or  other  sim¬ 
ilar  article ;  for  one  trunk  accompanying  a  passenger 
fifteen  cents ;  provided,  however,  that  the  city  council 


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may,  in  its  discretion,  change  any  or  all  the  rates  estab¬ 
lished  in  this  section,  and  the  rates  so  established  shall 
continue  until  changed  by  the  City  Council. 

The  City  Clerk  shall  supply  rate  cards  showing  plain¬ 
ly  the  fares  which  may  be  charged  to  owners  of  all 
vehicles  licensed  under  Class  A  and  such  cards  must 
at  all  times  be  displayed  in  each  licensed  vehicle  of 
Class  A  where  it  can  be  plainly  read  by  every  pas¬ 
senger. 

The  portion  of  the  city  included  in  the  foregoing  pro¬ 
vision  shall  be  as  follows,  viz : 

Commencing  at  the  river  at  the  continuation  of  the 
East  terminus  of  Belleville  Road,  thence  running  due 
west  until  said  line  intersects  a  line  drawn  north  and 
south  through  Rotch  Avenue,  thence  running  due  south 
until  said  last  named  line  intersects  a  line  drawn  east 
and  west  through  Cove  Street,  thence  easterly  by  Cove 
Street  to  the  river,  and  thence  northerly  by  the  river  to 
the  place  of  beginning.  Fares  from  any  place  within 
said  portion  of  the  city  to  points  beyond  said  limits 
shall  not  exceed  twice  the  above  rates. 

(2)  For  vehicles  licensed  under  Class  B  for  con¬ 
veying  one  or  more  adult  passengers  from  any  one 
place  to  another  along  the  route  and  between  the  ter¬ 
mini  specified  in  the  license  the  rate  of  fare  shall  be 
five  cents  per  passenger  between  the  hours  of  six  A.  M. 
and  eleven  P.  M. ;  if  the  schedule  filed  with  the  City 
Clerk  provides  for  service  after  eleven  o’clock  the 
charge  shall  not  exceed  fifty  cents.  Rates  for  chil¬ 
dren  between  the  ages  of  four  and  twelve  shall  be 
three  cents,  and  for  children  under  four  years  accom¬ 
panied  by  their  parents  or  guardians,  no  charge.  No 
extra  charge  for  baggage  shall  be  collected. 

Section  652.  The  Chief  of  Police  may,  and  it  shall 
be  his  duty  if  he  deems  the  public  interest  and  safety 
so  requires,  prohibit  the  operation  of  any  licensed  ve¬ 
hicle,  or  the  exercise  by  any  licensed  driver  of  his 


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right  to  drive  or  operate  a  vehicle,  and  in  case  of  the 
conviction  in  any  court  of  the  Commonwealth  for  the 
violation  of  any  law  of  the  Commonwealth  or  of  any 
rules  or  regulations  of  the  Massachusetts  Highway 
Commission,  or  of  any  ordinance  or  rule  or  regulation 
of  the  City  of  New  Bedford,  he  shall  prohibit  the  opera¬ 
tion  by  the  licensee  or  driver  of  any  vehicle ;  and  there¬ 
upon  he  shall  notify  the  City  Clerk  of  his  action,  stating 
his  reasons,  and  the  City  Clerk  shall  thereupon  suspend 
said  license  under  the  provisions  of  Section  653. 

Section  653.  The  Board  of  Aldermen  may,  without 
any  notice  or  hearing,  suspend  any  license  issued  under 
the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  for  any  cause  deemed 
by  them  sufficient.  In  case  of  the  suspension  of  any 
license  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen,  or  by  the  City  Clerk, 
the  suspension  shall  be  for  not  more  than  thirty  days. 
The  Board  of  Aldermen  may,  after  notice  and  hearing, 
said  notice  to  be  mailed  to  the  licensee  at  the  address 
given  by  him  in  his  application,  not  less  than  five  days 
prior  to  said  hearing,  revoke  any  such  license  for  cause 
deemed  by  said  Board  to  be  sufficient,  and  they  shall 
revoke  such  license  if  the  licensee  has  been  duly  con¬ 
victed  in  any  court  of  the  Commonwealth  for  the  vio¬ 
lation  of  any  law  of  the  Commonwealth,  or  of  any 
rules  or  regulations  of  the  Massachusetts  Highway 
Commission,  or  ordinances  or  rules  or  regulations  of 
the  City  of  New  Bedford,  if  they  deem  the  public 
safety  requires  such  action.  And  no  new  license  shall 
be  issued  to  such  licensee  until  after  the  expiration  of 
the  term  for  which  the  revoked  license  was  issued. 
And  in  case  of  the  subsequent  application  for  a  license 
by  any  person  whose  license  has  been  revoked  by  the 
Board  of  Aldermen,  the  City  Clerk  shall  not  issue  the 
same  without  referring  the  application  to  the  Board 
of  Aldermen  and  a  direct  order  thereon  by  said  Board. 

Section  654.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Chief  of 
Police  to  prosecute  any  person  whom  he  deems  guilty 


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of  one  or  more  infractions  of  any  of  the  foregoing  pro¬ 
visions  of  this  ordinance  relating  to  licensed  vehicles 
used  for  the  conveyance  of  passengers  or  goods  for  hire, 
and  if  the  person  is  found  guilty  by  a  court  of  compe¬ 
tent  jurisdiction,  he  shall  in  addition  to  all  other  penal¬ 
ties  prescribed  by  law,  be  punishable  for  the  infraction 
of  the  provisions  of  the  ordinances  relating  to  Public 
Vehicles  by  a  fine  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars  for  each 
several  infraction. 

Section  2.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  July  1, 
1919. 

Presented  to  and  approved  by  the  Mayor,  March  28, 

1919. 


No.  23. 

PUBLIC  VEHICLES 

Whereas,  an  ordinance  relating  to  public  vehicles 
was  duly  adopted  by  the  City  Council  of  New  Bedford 
on  March  27,  1919,  and  approved  by  the  Mayor  March 
28,  1919,  in  which  among  other  provisions  certain  or¬ 
ders,  rules  and  regulations  were  prescribed  in  respect 
to  the  operation  of  motor  vehicles  upon  the  public 
streets  and  ways  for  the  carriage  of  passengers  for  hire 
in  such  a  manner  as  to  afford  a  means  of  transportation 
similar  to  that  afforded  by  a  street  railway  by  indis¬ 
criminately  receiving  and  discharging  passengers  along 
the  route  of  which  such  vehicles  are  operated. 

Whereas,  the  Public  Service  Commission,  acting  under 
the  provisions  of  Chapter  226  of  the  General  Acts  of 
1918,  has  by  a  Decree  dated  April  3,  1919, 
ordered,  That  said  orders,  rules  and  regulations  be 
and  by  said  decree  are  amended  by  the  insertion  or  sub¬ 
stitution  of  certain  specific  orders,  rules  and  regulations 
prescribed  in  said  Decree,  except  insofar  as  the  same 
have  already  been  prescribed  by  the  City  of  New  Bed¬ 
ford;  and  that  all  orders,  rules  and  regulations  in  con- 


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diet  therewith  which  have  been  adopted  or  prescribed 
by  said  City  are  by  said  Decree  disapproved,  substituted 
and  annulled;  and  that  all  other  orders,  rules  and  regu¬ 
lations  in  respect  to  the  operation  of  such  motor  vehicles 
which  have  been  prescribed  or  adopted  by  the  City  of 
New  Bedford  are  by  said  Decree  approved. 

Now,  therefore,  in  compliance  with  the  order  of  said 
Decree,  the  city  ordinance  relating  to  Public  Vehicles, 
adopted  March  27,  1919,  is  revised  by  repealing  the  said 
ordinance  and  substituting  the  following: — 


AN  ORDINANCE  Repealing  Section  630-654,  inclusive, 
of  Revised  Ordinances  of  1916  and  an  Ordinance 
Ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  New 
Bedford,  March  27,  1919,  and  Approved  by  the 
Mayor,  March  28,  1919,  and  Substituting  Therefor 
a  Revision  of  the  Same : — 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  New 
Bedford  as  follows: 

Section  1 : 

Public  Vehicles 

Sections  630-654,  inclusive,  of  Revised  Ordinances  of 
1916  and  an  ordinance  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of 
the  City  of  New  Bedford  March  27,  1919,  and  approved 
by  the  Mayor,  March  28,  1919,  relating  to  Public 
Vehicles,  is  thereby  repealed  and  the  following  provi¬ 
sions  ordained  in  substitution  therefor,  to  wit: — 

Section  630.  No  person,  firm  or  corporation  shall 
transport  for  hire  passengers  or  goods,  wares,  merchan¬ 
dise  or  rubbish  within  the  city  by  means  of  any  vehicle 
unless  licensed  as  herein  provided.  A  vehicle  as  used 
in  this  chapter  shall  be  held  to  be  any  hackney  carriage, 


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wagon,  cart,  sleigh,  truck,  automobile,  motor  car,  motor 
hearse,  motor  ambulance  or  other  conveyance  or  appa¬ 
ratus  used  upon  the  public  streets  drawn  by  animals  or 
propelled  by  steam  or  electric  or  gasoline  or  other  power, 
but  shall  not  include  cars,  engines  or  other  means  of 
transportation  running  on  tracks  or  rails  or  trackless 
trolley  vehicles  owned  and  operated  by  any  duly  incor¬ 
porated  steam  railroad  or  street  railway  company  hav¬ 
ing  locations  in  said  City. 

Section  631.  The  authority  vested  in  the  Mayor  and 
Aldermen  to  grant  any  license  under  Section  630  or 
any  driver’s  license  under  Section  642  is  hereby  dele¬ 
gated  to  the  City  Clerk  as  permitted  by  Chapter  one 
hundred  forty-one  of  the  Acts  of  1914.  The  City  Clerk 
may,  in  his  discretion,  refer  any  application  for  such 
licenses  to  the  Mayor  and  Aldermen  as  provided  in  Sec¬ 
tion  615. 

Section  632.  There  shall  be  three  classes  of  licenses 
for  Vehicles  for  Hire. 


Class  A 

Vehicles  which  are  to  be  used  for  the  transportation 
of  passengers  in  the  manner  of  cabs  or  hackney  coaches, 
having  designated  stands  or  stables  or  garages,  where 
they  may  be  engaged  in  person  or  by  telephone  to  carry 
passengers  on  special  trips,  or  by  the  hour,  to  and  from 
any  parts  of  the  city. 

Class  B 

Vehicles  which  are  to  be  used  for  affording  a  means 
of  street  transportation  by  indiscriminately  accepting 
and  discharging  such  persons  as  may  offer  themselves 
for  transportation  along  certain  defined  routes,  com¬ 
monly  known  as  Jitneys,  as  defined  in  the  order  of  the 
Public  Service  Commission  in  relation  to  such  vehicles 
dated  April  3,  1919. 


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Class  C 

Vehicles  used  for  the  transportation  of  goods,  wares, 
merchandise  or  rubbish. 

Section  633.  The  application  for  said  license  shall  be 
on  a  blank  furnished  by  the  City  Clerk,  and  the  form 
of  the  application  and  the  information  to  be  furnished 
thereon  by  the  applicant  shall  be  such  as  shall  be  ap¬ 
proved  by  the  Mayor  and  Aldermen. 

The  application  shall  specify  the  class  of  license  ap¬ 
plied  for,  as  provided  in  Section  632,  and  in  case  of  a 
license  applied  for,  under  Class  B  shall  definitely  set 
forth : 

(a)  The  public  highway  or  highways  over  which,  and 
the  fixed  termini  and  the  regular  route  which  and  over 
which  the  applicant  intends  to  operate. 

(b)  A  schedule  of  operation  showing  the  effective 
date  thereof,  the  time  of  arrival  and  departure  from 
and  at  all  termini,  and  time  of  departure  from  import¬ 
ant  intermediate  points.  The  schedule  of  operation  filed 
by  the  licensee  with  his  application  for  said  license  shall 
provide  for  the  regular  operation  of  a  motor  vehicle  be¬ 
tween  the  termini  and  over  the  route  designated  in  the 
license  for  a  period  of  not  less  than  12  consecutive  hours 
out  of  every  twenty-four  hours,  allowing  a  reasonable 
time,  not  exceeding  two  hours  in  the  aggregate,  for  and 
from  meals,  and  with  intervals  of  not  more  than  one 
hour  between  successive  trips  in  the  same  direction 
where  the  distance  between  termini  is  five  miles  or  less. 
The  licensee  shall  regularly  operate  a  motor  vehicle  in 
substantial  accordance  with  the  schedule  of  operation 
filed  and  in  effect  at  the  time  except  in  cases  of  accidents, 
break-downs  or  other  controlling  emergency  shall  operate 
such  motor  vehicle  to  the  terminus  of  the  route  before 
turning  around,  and  shall  not  operate  nor  permit  to  be 
operated  any  such  motor  vehicle  off  or  away  from  the 
route  stated  and  fixed  in  the  license  for  the  operation 


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of  such  motor  vehicle  except  in  case  of  controlling  emerg¬ 
ency.  Nothing  herein  shall  be  construed  to  prohibit  the 
operation,  in  addition  to  the  service  described  in  the 
schedule  on  file  and  in  effect  at  the  time,  of  special  or 
extra  trips  over  said  route  and  between  said  termini 
during  certain  hours  or  on  special  occasions. 

(c)  A  schedule  or  tariff  showing  the  passenger  fares 
to  be  charged  between  the  several  points  or  localities 
to  be  served. 

(d)  The  seating  capacity,  according  to  its  trade  rat¬ 
ing,  of  each  motor  vehicle  which  it  is  proposed  to  operate. 
If  the  motor  vehicle  has  been  adapted  for  use  as  a  bus 
either  by  converting  a  freight-carrying  truck  into  a 
passenger-carrying  vehicle,  or  by  reconstruction,  modi¬ 
fying  or  adding  to  the  body  or  seating  arrangement  of 
a  passenger-carrying  motor  vehicle,  a  statement  of  the 
seating  capacity  shall  be  added.  The  application  in 
case  of  a  license  under  Class  A  shall  name  the  stand, 
or  stands,  or  the  stable,  garage,  office  or  other  specific 
place  at  which  persons  may  engage  the  vehicle. 

The  City  Clerk  shall  require  such  application  to  be 
signed  and  sworn  to  before  an  officer  authorized  to  ad¬ 
minister  oaths. 

Section  634.  The  stand  or  stands,  and  the  stable, 
garage,  office  or  other  specified  place  at  which  persons 
may  engage  for  hire  vehicles  licensed  under  Class  A 
may  be  as  specified  by  the  applicant  in  the  application 
for  the  license,  unless  the  City  Clerk,  in  his  discretion, 
deems  that  such  stands  or  places  will  be  objectionable 
to  general  traffic  in  the  streets,  or  inconvenient  for  the 
public  desiring  the  service. 

Section  635.  The  stands  for  vehicles  under  Class  B 
shall  be  as  follows : 

No.  1.  For  vehicles  licensed  to  operate  over  Route 
No.  1  as  prescribed  in  Section  636,  shall  be  on  the  west 


side  of  Pleasant  Street,  adjacent  to  the  curb,  between 
Mechanics  Lane  and  Elm  Street,  facing  south. 

No.  2.  For  vehicles  licensed  to  operate  over  Routes 
No.  2  and  No.  3,  on  the  south  side  of  Elm  Street,  ad¬ 
jacent  to  the  curb,  between  Pleasant  and  Sixth  streets, 
facing  east. 

No  vehicle  shall  remain  at  said  stands  for  a  period 
exceeding  ten  minutes,  and  the  driver  shall  move  the 
same  at  any  time  on  direction  of  any  police  officer. 

Section  636.  The  routes  for  vehicles  licensed  under 
Class  B  shall  be  as  follows: 

Route  No.  1.  From  Stand  No.  1  through  Pleasant, 
Spring,  Purchase,  Weld  Streets  and  Acushnet  Avenue 
to  Lunds  Corner  (Belleville  Road),  returning  through 
Acushnet  Avenue,  Weld  and  Purchase  Streets  to  Stand 
No.  1. 

Route  No.  2.  From  Stand  No.  2  through  Pleasant, 
William,  Purchase,  Rivet,  First  and  Cove  Streets  and 
Brock  Avenue  to  Fort  Rodman.  Return  through  Brock 
Avenue,  South  Water,  Rivet,  Purchase,  Union,  Pleas¬ 
ant,  Market  and  Sixth  Streets  to  Stand  No.  2. 

Route  No.  3.  From  Stand  No.  2  through  Elm,  Pleas¬ 
ant,  Middle,  Purchase,  Union,  Pleasant,  Mill,  Kempton 
Streets  to  Dartmouth  line ;  returning  through  Kemp¬ 
ton,  Mill,  County,-  Middle,  Sixth  Streets  to  Stand  No.  2. 

Section  637.  No  vehicle  operated  by  motor  power 
shall  be  licensed  until  the  vehicle  shall  be  inspected 
by  a  competent  mechanician  designated  by  the  Board 
of  Aldermen,  and  no  license  shall  be  issued  until  such 
inspection  has  been  made  and  a  report  rendered  to  the 
City  Clerk  as  to  the  strength,  seating  capacity  and 
proper  equipment  of  such  vehicle  for  safe  and  efficient 
operation.  After  such  license  has  been  granted,  a  simi¬ 
lar  inspection  and  report  shall  be  made  at  least,  once  in 
six  months.  Every  such  vehicle  shall  be  maintained 


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at  all  times  in  a  safe  and  sanitary  condition,  and  shall 
be  at  all  times  subject  to  the  inspection  of  the  Board 
of  Aldermen  or  their  duly  authorized  representatives. 

A  fee  of  one  dollar  shall  be  paid  for  said  examina¬ 
tion.  The  Chief  of  Police  may  examine  or  cause  to  be 
examined  by  a  person  designated  by  him,  without  ex¬ 
pense  to  the  owner,  any  licensed  vehicle  at  any  time, 
and  it  shall  be  his  duty  to  examine  the  same  whenever 
he  deems  it  expedient  and  desirable  for  the  safety  of 
the  public,  and  in  case  he  deems  the  vehicle  is  in  an 
unsafe  or  improper  condition,  or  not  equipped  in  ac¬ 
cordance  with  the  provisions  of  the  ordinances  relating 
to  public  vehicles  he  shall  prohibit  the  further  use  of 
such  vehicle  and  shall  notify  the  City  Clerk  who  shall 
suspend  the  license  subject  to  the  provisions  of  Sec¬ 
tion  653. 

Section  638.  The  licenses  issued,  by  the  City  Clerk 
shall  be  in  such  form  as  shall  be  approved  by  the  Mayor 
and  Aldermen,  and  shall  state  the  name,  place  of  resi¬ 
dence,  and  postoffice  address  of  the  licensee,  who  shall 
be  a  resident  of  the  Commonwealth ;  a  brief  descrip¬ 
tion  of  the  vehicle  licensed,  the  serial  number  of  the 
license,  the  term  of  the  license,  the  class  of  service  for 
which  said  vehicle  is  to  be  used ;  and  in  case  of  vehicles 
under  Class  A  the  stand  or  stands  or  the  stable,  garage, 
office  or  other  specific  place  at  which  persons  may  en¬ 
gage  the  vehicle ;  and  in  case  of  vehicles  under  Class  B 
the  route  on  which  said  vehicle  is  to  be  used ;  and  such 
other  provisions  as  the  Mayor  and  Aldermen  may  from 
time  to  time  prescribe.  Said  licenses  shall  expire  on 
the  thirtieth  day  of  April  following  the  issuance  there¬ 
of.  A  fee  of  ten  dollars  for  each  vehicle  license  of 
Class  A  and  B,  and  a  fee  of  one  dollar  for  each  license 
of  Class  C  shall  be  paid  to  the  City  Clerk  before  the 
issuance  thereof.  Vehicles  licensed  for  the  transporta¬ 
tion  of  passengers,  Class  A  and  Class  B  shall  have  a 


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metal  seal  bearing  the  words  11  Licensed  Vehicle,  No. 

- ,  ”  setting  forth  the  serial  number  of  the  license 

and  the  date  of  its  expiration,  said  seal  to  be  attached 
to  the  vehicle  so  that  it  is  conspicuously  displayed 
whenever  said  vehicle  is  being  used  for  hire.  Said 
metal  seals  shall  be  furnished  by  the  City  Clerk,  and  a 
fee  of  fifty  cents  shall  be  paid  to  the  City  Clerk  before 
the  issuance  of  the  license.  Vehicles  licensed  under 
Class  B  shall  at  all  times  when  operated  under  said 
license  carry  a  sign  stating  the  termini  of  the  route, 
the  fare  to  be  charged  and  the  license  number,  which 
sign  shall  be  so  printed  and  attached  to  the  vehicle  as 
to  be  plainly  visible  to  persons  on  the  street,  and  with 
a  printed  sign  thereon  showing  the  schedule  of  service 
filed  and  in  effect  at  the  time,  which  sign  shall  be  so 
printed  and  attached  to  the  said  vehicle  as  to  be  plainly 
visible  to  passengers  boarding  such  vehicle.  The  let¬ 
ters  and  figures  contained  on  the  sign  shall  be  not  less 
than  2%  inches  in  height,  and  shall  have  a  stroke  of 
not  less  than  one-quarter  of  an  inch  in  width,  and  shall 
be  subject  to  the  approval  of  a  representative  desig¬ 
nated  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen.  No  other  advertising 
sign  of  any  kind  shall  be  placed  or  carried  on  any  such 
vehicles,  except  as  specifically  permitted  by  the  Chief 
of  Police.  Vehicles  licensed  for  the  transportation  of 
goods,  Class  C,  shall  have  wagon  plates  setting  forth 
the  serial  number  of  the  license  and  the  date  of  its  ex¬ 
piration.  Said  plates  to  be  conspicuously  displayed  on 
each  side  of  the  body  of  the  vehicle.  Said  wagon  plates 
shall  be  furnished  by  the  City  Clerk,  and  a  fee  of  fifty 
cents  shall  be  paid  to  the  City  Clerk  before  the  issuance 
of  the  license.  The  color  of  said  seals  and  wagon  plates 
shall  be  changed  annually. 

The  license  issued  for  the  operation  of  such  vehicles 
under  Class  A  and  B  shall  designate  the  number  of 
passengers,  exclusive  of  the  operator,  the  licensee  is 
authorized  to  carry  in  said  vehicle,  and  no  person 


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driving  or  in  charge  of  said  vehicle  shall  take  on  or 
suffer  to  permit  any  more  persons  to  ride  or  to  be  car¬ 
ried  thereon  at  any  one  time  than  the  number  desig¬ 
nated  in  the  license,  nor  permit  any  person  to  stand 
inside,  or  to  stand  or  sit  upon  the  running  board,  step, 
fender,  dash  or  hood  thereof,  or  to  permit  any  person 
to  ride  on  such  vehicle  outside  the  body  thereof;  pro¬ 
vided,  however,  that  in  addition  to  the  number  of 
passengers  which  said  vehicle,  by  the  terms  of  its 
license  is  permitted  to  carry,  children  under  seven 
years  of,  age  may  be  carried  therein,  in  arms,  or  seated 
on  the  laps  of  parents  or  adult  persons  accompanying 
them,  but  no  passenger  with  a  child  in  arms  or  seated 
on  the  lap  shall  be  permitted  on  any  front  seat  of  the 
vehicle. 

The  licensee  shall  not  reconstruct,  materially  alter, 
modify  or  add  to  the  body  or  seating  arrangements  of 
any  motor  vehicle  after  the  license  thereof  is  issued, 
without  first  applying  for  and  receiving  consent  of  the 
licensing  authorities. 

No  license  shall  be  transferable  or  applicable  to  any 
other  motor  vehicle  than  those  specified  therein,  or,  in 
case  of  vehicles  licensed  under  Class  B,  or  between  any 
other  termini  or  on  any  other  route  or  routes,  pro¬ 
vided,  however,  that  the  Board  of  Aldermen  may,  upon 
the  application  filed  with  the  City  Clerk,  revise  said 
license  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  these  regu¬ 
lations,  so  that  under  said  license  as  revised  another 
motor  vehicle  may  be  substituted  for  the  one  previously 
covered,  or  either  the  termini  or  the  route  or  routes 
set  forth  in  the  license  may  be  changed. 

The  City  Clerk  shall  keep  a  record  of  all  licenses 
issued  under  the  provisions  of  the  ordinances  relating 
to  public  vehicles. 

SECTION  639.  No  vehicle  licensed  under  Class  A 
shall  solicit  or  receive  passengers  on  the  streets  except 
at  the  definite  places  named  in  the  license,  or  such 


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places  as  persons  desiring  service  designate  when  en¬ 
gaging  the  same. 

No  vehicle  licensed  under  Class  B  shall  be  driven 
or  carry  passengers  on  any  other  route  than  the  route 
designated  in  the  license,  or  on  any  streets  other  than 
the  streets  designated  for  said  route,  during  the  period 
of  time  covered  by  the  schedule  filed  in  the  office  of  the 
City  Clerk. 

No  change  shall  be  made  by  any  licensee  in  the 
termini  between  which  or  the  route  over  which  such 
motor  vehicle  is  operated,  in  the  rates  charged,  or  in 
the  schedule  of  operation,  except  after  seven  days’  no¬ 
tice  to  the  City  Clerk.  Otherwise  vehicles  licensed  un¬ 
der  Class  B  shall  not  be  driven  or  operated  for  the 
carriage  of  passengers  for  hire,  except  that  a  vehicle 
licensed  under  Class  B  may  apply  for  and  receive  a 
separate  and  additional  license  under  Class  A,  which 
shall  be  operative  only  during  such  hours  as  are  not 
covered  by  the  schedule  filed  in  connection  with  the 
license  under  Class  B  with  the  City  Clerk. 

SECTION  640.  No  motor  vehicle  licensed  under 
Class  B  shall  be  operated  from  one-half  hour  after 
sunset  till  one-half  hour  before  sunrise,  with  the  top 
and  curtains  of  said  vehicle  up,  or  while  said  vehicle 
is  otherwise  enclosed,  unless  there  be  sufficient 
light  provided  to  adequately  light  the  whole  of  the 
interior  of  said  vehicle,  and  all  motor  vehicles  so 
licensed  with  a  seating  capacity  of  more  than  seven 
passengers  shall  come  to  a  full  stop  immediately  before 
crossing  the  tracks  of  any  railroad  at  grade. 

Every  such  motor  vehicle  shall  be  equipped  with  a 
suitable  horn  or  other  similar  warning  device,  with  a 
standard  speedometer,  and  with  a  liquid  fire  extin¬ 
guisher  of  a  design  or  type  approved  by  a  representa¬ 
tive  of  the  Board  of  Aldermen,  and  such  horn,  speed¬ 
ometer  and  fire  extinguisher  shall  be  kept  in  satisfac¬ 
tory  condition  at  all  times.  Every  such  motor  vehicle 


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shall,  when  leaving  either  terminus,  be  equipped  with 
at  least  one  extra  serviceable  tire,  and  shall  at  all  times 
carry  and  maintain  in  good  working  order  a  set,  of 
skid  chains,  which  shall  be  applied  to  the  rear  wheels 
when  such  vehicle  is  operated  in  any  streets  or  public 
place  where  there  is  snow  or  ice,  or  during  other 
weather  conditions  when  tbe  application  of  such  chains 
is  necessary  to  prevent  skidding.  But  no  such  vehicle 
shall  be  equipped  with  a  muffler  cut-out,  so  called. 

No  person  operating  any  motor  vehicle  so  licensed 
shall  collect  fares,  make  change  or  take  on  or  discharge 
passengers  while  such  vehicle  is  in  motion;  nor  shall 
he  have  a  lighted  cigarette  or  pipe  in  his  possession 
while  any  passenger  is  being  carried  therein,  nor  drink 
any  intoxicating  beverage  or  use  morphine,  cocaine, 
opium  or  other  harmful  drug  of  any  kind,  or  be  under 
the  influence  thereof  while  engaged  in  operating  such 
vehicle. 

No  driver  or  person  in  charge  of  any  licensed  motor 
vehicle  used  for  the  conveyance  of  passengers  for  hire 
shall  stop  the  same  to  receive  or  discharge  any  pas¬ 
senger,  except,  by  the  side  of  the  vehicle  next  to  the 
right  hand  curb  of  the  street,  or  permit  any  passenger 
to  enter  or  leave  the  same  except  on  the  side  thereof 
nearest  the  street,  curb,  excepting  in  the  case  of  a 
passenger  on  the  front  seat  where  the  driver’s  seat  is 
on  the  side  of  the  curb,  in  which  event  the  driver  shall 
exert  the  utmost  care  to  save  the  passenger  from  injury 
from  passing  traffic;  no  licensed  vehicle  shall  stop,  to 
take  on  or  deliver  passengers,  within  fifteen  feet  of  a 
street  crossing,  or  a  hydrant,  or  a  white  pole  desig¬ 
nated  as  a  street  car  stopping  place.  No  person  driving 
or  in  charge  of,  or  in  any  way  connected  with  any 
licensed  vehicle  used  for  the  conveyance  of  passengers 
for  hire  shall  solicit  passengers  by  unreasonable  outcry 
or  operate  any  noise  or  other  device  for  the  purpose  of 
soliciting  passengers.  No  driver  or  person  in  charge  of 


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any  motor  vehicle  operating  under  the  license  given  in 
Class  B  shall  refuse  to  stop  at  the  signal  of  a  prospec¬ 
tive  passenger  to  board  his  vehicle  unless  said  vehicle 
at  the  time  is  carrying  as  many  passengers  as  its  seating 
capacity  specified  in  the  license.  But  any  driver  or 
person  in  charge  of  any  licensed  motor  vehicle  may 
refuse  to  accept  as  a  passenger  a  person  who  is  under 
the  influence  of  liquor,  and  if  a  person  under  the  in¬ 
fluence  of  liquor  does  obtain  a  seat  in  any  licensed 
motor  vehicle  the  driver  or  person  in  charge  of  the 
vehicle  may  order  such  objectionable  passenger  to 
vacate  said  vehicle. 

SECTION  641.  No  license  shall  be  issued  to  any 
person,  association  or  corporation,  to  operate  a  vehicle 
under  Class  B  until  such  person,  association  or  corpora¬ 
tion  shall  have  filed  with  the  City  Clerk,  to  be  delivered 
by  him  to  the  City  Treasurer,  security  by  bond  or 
otherwise,  approved  by  the  City  Treasurer,  condition 
to  pay  any  final  judgment  obtained  against  the  prin¬ 
cipal  named  in  the  bond  for  any  injury  to  person  or 
property,  or  damage  for  causing  the  death  of  any 
person  by  reason  of  any  negligent  or  unlawful  act  on 
the  part  of  the  principal  named  in  said  bond,  his  or  its 
agents,  employes  or  drivers,  in  the  use  or  operation  of 
any  such  vehicle.  The  security  deposited  under  the 
provisions  of  this  paragraph  shall  be  in  the  sum  of 
$2500  for  a  motor  vehicle  having  a  seating  capacity  of 
five  persons  or  less,  and  for  a  motor  vehicle  having  a 
seating  capacity  of  six  or  more  in  the  sum  of  $2500  and 
$500  additional  for  each  passenger  seat  in  excess  of 
five,  provided  that  any  licensee  who  files  with  the  City 
Clerk  a  certificate  from  a  city  or  town  clerk  in  any  city 
or  town  in  which  said  motor  vehicle  is  duly  licensed 
to  operate,  setting  forth  that  said  licensee  has  filed  in 
said  city  or  town  a  bond  which  is  in  accordance  with 
the  provisions  of  the  order  of  the  Public  Service  Com¬ 
mission  dated  April  3,  1919,  shall  be  exempted  from 


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filing  any  further  bond.  Said  bond  shall  be  signed  by 
the  licensee  as  principal,  and  by  a  corporation  which 
shall  have  complied  with  all  the  provisions  of  law  as 
to  transacting  the  business  of  a  guaranty,  fidelity  and 
surety  company  within  the  Commonwealth  as  surety; 
or  by  such  other  sureties,  not  less  than  two,  as  shall 
be  approved  on  the  bond  in  writing  by  both  the  City 
Clerk  and  City  Treasurer.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
City  Clerk  and  City  Treasurer  to  ascertain  by  inquiry 
and  investigation  so  far  as  they  are  able  that  said 
sureties  signed  and  executed  said  bond  and  that  they 
severally  have  sufficient  property  within  the  Common¬ 
wealth  to  fulfill  the  obligations  of  the  bond  and  all 
persons  whose  names  appear  on  said  bonds  shall  be 
personally  examined  by  the  City  Clerk  and  sign  said 
bonds  in  his  presence.  If  at  any  time,  during  the  term 
of  the  license,  the  City  Clerk  or  City  Treasurer  have 
knowledge  of  any  facts  which  render  the  responsibility 
of  said  sureties  questionable,  the  City  Clerk  shall  sus¬ 
pend  the  license  and  in  that  case  he  shall  notify  the 
Chief  of  Police  who  shall  prohibit  the  use  of  the  licensed 
vehicle  until  action  under  Section  653  is  taken. 

Said  bond  shall  name  the  city  of  New  Bedford  as 
obligee  and  said  city  shall  be  subrogated  to  the  rights 
of  any  person  to  whom  the  conditions  of  the  bond  apply. 

Said  bond  shall  be  submitted  to  the  City  Solicitor  and 
approved  by  him  as  to  form  before  the  same  is  ac¬ 
cepted. 

SECTION  642.  No  person  shall  drive,  operate  or 
be  in  charge  of  any  vehicle  requiring  a  vehicle  license 
unless  under  the  provisions  of  the  ordinances  relating 
to  public  vehicles  in  any  street  or  public  place  in  the 
city  without  first,  obtaining  a  special  driver’s  license. 
The  application  for  a  special  driver’s  license  shall  be 
on  a  blank  furnished  by  the  City  Clerk  and  the  form 
of  the  application  and  the  information  to  be  furnished 
shall  be  such  as  shall  be  approved  by  the  Board  of 


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Aldermen.  The  application  shall  be  signed  and  sworn 
to  by  the  applicant  before  an  officer  authorized  to  ad¬ 
minister  oaths.  No  such  special  license  shall  be  granted 
to  any  person  who  is  under  the  age  of  21  years  or  who 
has  not  demonstrated  to  the  satisfaction  of  a  represen¬ 
tative  of  the  Board  of  Aldermen,  by  them  appointed, 
his  ability  to  drive  the  vehicle  proposed  to  be  operated 
by  him,  and  his  familiarity  with  the  motor-vehicle  laws 
of  the  Commonwealth,  with  the  rules  and  the  orders 
of  the  Public  Service  Commission  and  the  regulations 
and  rules  herein  prescribed  and  with  the  street  traffic 
regulations  of  the  city  or  who  has  failed  to  pass  such  an 
examination  as  to  his  qualifications  as  said  Board  of 
Aldermen  may  require. 

SECTION  643.  No  license  to  operate  on  Routes  No. 
1  and  2  shall  be  granted  to  any  person  not  a  resident 
of  New  Bedford.  No  license  shall  be  issued  to  any 
person  not  a  citizen  of  the  United  States  unless  such 
person  shall  have  filed  first  papers  seeking  naturaliza¬ 
tion  or  if  having  filed  his  first  naturalization  papers 
he  shall  be  required  to  become  a  citizen  of  the  United 
States  as  soon  as  the  law  permits. 

No  license  shall  be  issued  to  any  person  who  is  in 
the  discretion  of  the  City  Clerk  physically  or  mentally 
unfit,  or  unable  to  clearly  speak  and  intelligently  write 
the  English  language,  and  who  does  not  also  possess 
a  chauffeur  ?s  license  issued  to  him  by  the  Massachusetts 
Highway  Commission  and  in  force  at  the  time  when 
such  application  is  made. 

The  license  shall  contain  the  name,  place  of  residence, 
postoffice  address  of  the  licensee,  a  brief  personal  de¬ 
scription  of  the  licensee  sufficient  for  identification, 
including  age,  height,  weight,  color  of  hair,  color  of 
eyes,  and  any  peculiarly  distinguishing  characteristic. 
Said  license  shall  state  the  date  of  the  expiration  of 
the  license  which  shall  be  one  year  from  the  date  of 
the  issuance  thereof. 


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A  fee  of  ten  dollars  for  each  such  license  shall  he 
paid  to  the  City  Clerk  before  the  issuance  thereof. 


SECTION  644.  The  City  Clerk  at  the  time  of  issuing 
such  driver’s  license  shall  deliver  to  the  licensee  a 
distinguishing  badge  made  of  metal  or  other  similar 
material  bearing  the  words  “ Vehicle  Driver’s  License 

No.  - “New  Bedford,  Mass,”  setting  forth  the 

serial  number  of  the  license.  A  fee  of  one  dollar  shall 
be  paid  to  the  City  Clerk  before  the  issuance  thereof. 
The  licensee  at  all  times,  when  driving  or  in  charge  of 
any  such  vehicle  in  any  street  or  public  place,  shall 
wear  said  badge  in  a  conspicuous  place  on  his  outer 
garment. 

The  City  Clerk  at  the  time  of  issuing  such  driver’s 
license  shall  also  deliver  to  the  licensee  an  identification 
card,  stating  thereon  the  number  of  the  license,  the 
licensee’s  age,  height,  color  of  hair,  color  of  eyes  and 
the  term  of  the  license.  No  such  licensee  shall  permit 
any  other  person  to  wear  such  badge,  nor  shall  any 
person  wear  the  badge  of  any  other  licensee  driving  or 
in  charge  of  any  such  motor  vehicle  while  in  any  street 
or  public  place.  Said  identification  card  shall  be  car¬ 
ried  by  the  licensee  at  all  times  while  operating  or  in 
charge  of  any  such  motor  vehicle  in  any  street  or  public 
place.  Every  person  while  driving  or  in  charge  of  any 
such  motor  vehicle  while  in  any  street  or  public  place 
shall  carry  the  license  for  such  vehicle,  and  at  any  time 
when  requested  by  any  police  officer,  he  shall  show  him 
such  license  and  said  identification  card. 

SECTION  645.  Every  person  driving  or  in  charge 
of  a  licensed  vehicle  used  for  the  conveyance  of  pas¬ 
sengers  for  hire  shall  report  to  the  Chief  of  Police 
every  article  left  therein  by  any  passenger,  in  addition 
to  fulfilling  the  requirements  of  chapter  ninety-four  of 
the  Revised  Laws. 

Any  such  licensee  shall  immediately  report  fully,  in 


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writing,  to  the  City  Clerk  any  fatal  accident  or  any 
injury  to  a  passenger  or  other  person,  and  any  acci¬ 
dent  resulting  in  substantial  damage  to  property,  in 
which  said  vehicle  is  involved. 

SECTION  646.  The  provisions  of  the  ordinances 
relating  to  Public  Vehicles  shall  not  apply  to  vehicles 
used  for  the  transportation  of  passengers,  or  goods, 
wares,  merchandise,  or  rubbish  by  means  of  any  vehicle 
for  hire,  or  to  the  drivers  of  the  same,  if  the  vehicle 
is  let  by  the  hour,  day  or  job,  on  call  or  by  appoint¬ 
ment. 

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SECTION  647.  The  fares  for  the  conveyance  of 
passengers  in  licensed  vehicles  used  for  the  conveyance 
of  passengers  for  hire  shall  be  as  follows : 

(1)  For  vehicles  licensed  under  Class  A,  for  con¬ 
veying  one  or  more  adult  passengers  from  one  place  to 
another  within  the  portion  of  the  city,  described  here¬ 
after,  shall  not  exceed  50  cents  for  one  passenger  and 
35  cents  for  each  passenger  when  there  are  two  or  more 
passengers,  except  between  the  hours  of  nine  o’clock  p. 
m.  and  six  o’clock  a.  m.,  when  75  cents  for  the  first 
passenger  and  50  cents  for  each  passenger  when  there 
are  two  or  more  passengers  may  be  charged ;  for  each 
child  between  the  ages  of  four  and  twelve  years,  one- 
half  of  the  above  rates ;  for  children  not  over  four  years 
of  age,  accompanied  by  their  parents  or  guardians,  no 
charge ;  for  the  charges  aforesaid,  each  passenger  may 
carry  a  hat  box,  grip  sack,  portmanteau  or  other  simi¬ 
lar  article;  for  one  trunk  accompanying  a  passenger 
15  cents;  provided,  however,  that  the  City  Council 
may  in  its  discretion  change  any  or  all  the  rates  es¬ 
tablished  in  this  section  and  the  rates  so  established 
shall  continue  until  changed  by  the  City  Council. 

The  City  Clerk  shall  supply  rate  cards  showing 
plainly  the  fares  which  may  be  charged  to  owners  of 
all  vehicles  licensed  under  Class  A  and  such  cards  must 


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at  all  times  be  displayed  in  each  licensed  vehicle  of 
Class  A  where  it  can  be  plainly  read  by  every  passenger. 

SECTION  648.  The  portion  of  the  city  included  in 
the  foregoing  provisions  shall  be  as  follows,  viz. : 

Commencing  at  the  river  at  the  continuation  of  the 
east  terminal  of  Belleville  Road  thence  running  due 
west  until  said  line  intersects  a  line  drawn  north  and 
south  through  Rotch  avenue,  thence  running  due  south 
until  said  last  named  line  intersects  a  line  drawn 
east  and  west  through  Cove  street,  thence  east¬ 
erly  by  Cove  street  to  the  river,  and  thence  northerly 
by  the  river  to  the  place  of  beginning.  Fares  from  any 
place  within  said  portion  of  the  city  to  points  beyond 
said  limits  shall  not  exceed  twice  the  above  rates. 

(2)  For  vehicles  licensed  under  Class  B  for  con¬ 
veying  one  or  more  adult  passengers  from  any  one 
place  to  another  along  the  route  and  between  the  ter¬ 
mini  specified  in  the  license,  the  rate  of  fare  shall  be 
five  cents  per  passenger  between  the  hours  of  6  A. 
M.  and  11  P.  M. ;  if  the  schedule  filed  with  the  City 
Clerk  provides  for  service  after  11  o’clock  the  charge 
shall  not  exceed  fifty  cents.  Rates  for  children  between 
the  ages  of  four  and  twelve  shall  be  three  cents,  and 
for  children  under  four  years,  accompanied  by  their 
parents  or  guardians,  no  charge.  No  extra  charge  for 
baggage  shall  be  collected. 

SECTION  649.  No  licensee  shall  charge,  demand, 
collect  or  receive  a  greater,  or  less  or  different  com¬ 
pensation  for  the  transportation  of  passengers  or  for 
any  service  in  connection  therewith,  than  the  rates, 
fares  and  charges  applicable  to  such  transportation  as 
specified  in  the  schedule  filed  and  in  effect  at  the  time. 

SECTION  650.  Any  driver  who  does  not  comply 
with  the  provisions  of  the  ordinances  relating  to  Pub¬ 
lic  Vehicles  or  who  carries  passengers  for  hire  on  any 


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vehicle  licensed  under  Class  B  to  or  from  any  place 
or  on  any  route  other  than  the  route  specified  in  the 
license  within  the  period  of  the  schedule  filed  for  such 
vehicle,  or  who  surrenders  to  any  other  person,  except 
a  duly  qualified  officer  of  the  law,  his  driver’s  license 
or  badge,  or  lends  the  same  to  any  person,  shall  be 
subject  to  fine  as  provided  in  the  ordinances  relating 
to  Public  Vehicles,  and  any  person  who  drives  any 
vehicle  which  requires  a  license  without  a  driver’s 
license,  or  who,  while  driving  has  in  his  possession  a 
driver’s  license  or  badge  not  issued  to  himself,  shall  be 
subject  to  fine  under  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance. 

SECTION  651.  Every  person  owning  or  driving  or 
in  charge  of  a  licensed  vehicle  used  for  the  conveyance 
of  passengers  for  hire  shall  observe  and  comply  with 
all  the  laws  of  the  Commonwealth  relating  to  such 
vehicles,  and  all  rules  and  regulations  of  the  Massa¬ 
chusetts  Highway  Commission  and  of  the  Public  Ser¬ 
vice  Commission,  and  all  the  traffic  regulations  and 
rules  of  the  road  of  the  City  of  New  Bedford,  and  any 
such  person  not  obeying  and  complying  with  such  laws 
and  regulations,  in  addition  to  such  other  penalties 
as  may  be  provided  by  law,  shall  be  liable  to  fine  under 
the  provisions  of  this  ordinance. 

SECTION  652.  The  Chief  of  Police  may,  and  it  shall 
be  his  duty  if  lie  deems  the  public  interest  and  safety 
so  requires,  prohibit  the  operation  of  any  licensed 
vehicle,  or  the  exercise  by  any  licensed  driver  of  his 
right  to  drive  or  operate  a  vehicle,  and  in  case  of  the 
conviction  in  any  court  of  the  Commonwealth  for  the 
violation  of  any  law  of  the  Commonwealth  or  of  any 
rules  or  regulations  of  the  Massachusetts  Highway 
Commission,  or  of  any  ordinance  or  rule  or  regulation 
of  the  City  of  New  Bedford,  he  shall  prohibit  the  opera¬ 
tion  by  the  licensee  or  driver  of  any  vehicle ;  and  there¬ 
upon  he  shall  notify  the  City  Clerk  of  his  action,  stating 


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his  reasons,  and  the  City  Clerk  shall  thereupon  suspend 
said  license  under  the  provisions  of  Section  653. 

SECTION  653.  The  Board  of  Aldermen  may,  with¬ 
out  any  notice  or  hearing,  suspend  any  license  issued 
under  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  for  any  cause 
deemed  by  them  sufficient.  In  case  of  the  suspension 
of  any  license  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen,  or  by  the 
City  Clerk,  the  suspension  shall  be  for  not  more  than 
thirty  days.  The  Board  of  Aldermen  may  after  notice 
and  hearing,  said  notice  to  be  mailed  to  the  licensee  at 
the  address  given  by  him  in  his  application,  not  less 
than  five  days  prior  to  said  hearing,  revoke  any  such 
license  for  cause  deemed  by  said  Board  to  be  sufficient, 
and  they  shall  revoke  such  license  if  the  licensee  has 
been  duly  convicted  in  any  court  of  the  Commonwealth 
for  the  violation  of  any  law  of  the  Commonwealth,  or 
of  any  rules  or  regulations  of  the  Massachusetts  High¬ 
way  Commission,  or  ordinances  or  rules  or  regulations 
of  the  City  of  New  Bedford,  if  they  deem  the  public 
safety  requires  such  action.  And  no  new  license  shall 
be  issued  to  such  licensee  until  after  the  expiration  of 
the  term  for  which  the  revoked  license  was  issued. 
And  in  case  of  the  subsequent  application  for  a  license 
by  any  person  whose  license  has  been  revoked  by  the 
Board  of  Aldermen,  the  City  Clerk  shall  not  issue  the 
same  without  referring  the  application  to  the  Board 
of  Aldermen  and  a  direct  order  thereon  by  said  Board. 

SECTION  654.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Chief 
of  Police  to  prosecute  any  person  whom  he  deems 
guilty  of  one  or  more  infractions  of  any  of  the  fore¬ 
going  provisions  of  this  ordinance  relating  to  licensed 
vehicles  used  for  the  conveyance  of  passengers  or 
goods  for  hire  and  if  the  person  is  found  guilty  by  a 
court  of  competent  jurisdiction,  he  shall  in  addition  to 
all  other  penalties  prescribed  by  law,  be  punishable  for 
the  infraction  of  the  provisions  of  the  ordinances  re- 


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lating  to  Public  Vehicles  by  a  fine  not  exceeding  twenty 
dollars  for  each  several  infractions. 

SECTION  2. 

This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 
Presented  to  and  approved  by  the  Mayor,  May  8,  1919. 

No.  24. 

MINOR  LICENSES. 

AN  ORDINANCE  Amending  Section  610  of  the  Re¬ 
vised  Ordinances  of  1916,  Relative  to  Minor 
Licenses. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  New  Bedford 
as  follows : 

Section  1.  Section  610  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of 
1916  is  hereby  amended  by  adding  thereto  a  new  para¬ 
graph,  to  read  as  follows : 

No  person  shall  engage  in  any  of  the  following  named 
occupations  within  the  limits  of  the  City  of  New  Bed¬ 
ford,  without  first  having  obtained  a  license  or  permit 
therefor  from  the  City  Clerk,  viz :  As  an  auctioneer 
(except  as  provided  in  Section  6  of  Chapter  64,  Revised 
Laws)  ;  to  keep  for  hire,  gain  or  reward  billiard,  pool 
or  sippio  tables  or  bowling  alleys ;  to  sell,  rent  or  lease 
firearms ;  to  be  a  hawker  and  peddler  of  fruits  and  vege¬ 
tables  (unless  exempted  by  law  from  procuring  such 
license)  ;  to  collect  junk,  old  metals  or  any  second  hand 
articles ;  to  deal  in  junk,  old  metals  or  any  second  hand 
articles ;  as  a  pawnbroker ;  to  act  as  a  private  detective ; 
to  keep  a  public  lodging  house ;  to  take  scallops  within 
the  waters  of  the  City  of  New  Bedford;  to  establish, 
keep  open  and  maintain  a  skating  rink  for  the  amuse¬ 
ment  of  roller  skating,  and  carrousels,  inclined  rail¬ 
ways,  ferris  wheels  and  outdoor  exhibitions  of  fighting 


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fire  for  the  amusement  of  the  public,  for  hire,  gain  or 
reward ;  to  maintain  a  vehicle  for  the  sale  of  food. 

Section  2.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  upon  its 
passage. 

Presented  to  and  approved  by  the  Mayor,  April  26, 

1919. 


No.  25. 

REGULATING  SEWER  ASSESSMENTS. 

AN  ORDINANCE  Regulating  Sewer  Assessments. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of 
New  Bedford  as  follows : 

Section  1.  To  amend  Section  592  of  the  Ordinances 
of  1916  by  changing  the  eighth  word  in  the  third  line 
to  “benefited,”  the  eighth  word  in  the  fourth  line  to 
“one  and  one-half,”  and  the  fourth  and  fifth  words  in 
the  fifth  line  to  “frontage  assessed,”  so  that  the  section 
will  now  read :  ‘  ‘  Seventy-five  per  cent  of  the  cost  of  a 
sewer  or  drain  shall  be  assessed  upon  abutting  land  in 
proportion  to  street  frontage  of  the  land  benefited,  but 
in  no  case  shall  such  assessment  exceed  one  and  one- 
half  dollars  per  linear  foot  of  frontage  assessed.  All 
assessments  levied  under  the  provisions  of  this  section 
shall  exempt  the  land  assessed  to  a  depth  of  fifty  feet 
from  further  assessment  on  account  of  sewers  laid  in 
cross  streets.  Nothing  herein  contained  shall  be  con¬ 
strued  to  change  or  affect  the  exempted  area  under  any 
former  method  of  assessment.” 

Presented  to  and  approved  by  the  Mayor,  May  9, 
1919. 


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No.  26. 

RELATIVE  TO  FIREWORKS. 


AN  ORDINANCE  Repealing  an  Ordinance  Prohibiting 
the  Sale  or  Use  of  Fireworks. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of 
New  Bedford  as  follows: 

Section  1.  An  ordinance  prohibiting  the  sale  or  use 
of  fireworks,  passed  to  be  ordained,  June  14,  1918,  is 
hereby  repealed. 

Section  2.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  upon  its 
passage; 

Presented  to  and  approved  by  the  Mayor,  May  9, 
1919. 


No.  27. 

MAYOR’S  SALARY. 

AN  ORDINANCE  Fixing  the  Salary  of  the  Mayor  at 
$7,500  a  Year. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of 
New  Bedford  as  follows: 

Section  1.  The  Mayor  shall  receive  in  full  for  all 
services  compensation  at  the  rate  of  seven  thousand 
five  hundred  dollars  per  annum.  • 

Section  2.  The  above  to  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 

Section  3.  Section  21  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of 
1916  and  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  incon¬ 
sistent  herewith  are  hereby  repealed. 

In  Common  Council,  May  8,  1919. 

Passed  to  be  ordained. 

-  Frank  A.  McNulty,  President. 


In  Board  of  Aldermen,  May  8,  1919. 
Passed  to  be  ordained. 


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Chas.  S.  Ashley,  Mayor. 

Presented  to  the  Mayor  for  approval,  May  9,  1919. 

City  Clerk’s  Office,  May  20,  1919.  The  above  ordi¬ 
nance,  having  been  presented  to  the  Mayor  for  ap¬ 
proval  May  9th,  and  not  having  been  signed  or  re¬ 
turned  by  him  within  10  days,  with  his  objections  in 
writing,  is  now  in  full  force  and  effect  in  accordance 
with  law. 

W.  H.  B.  Remington,  City  Clerk. 

No.  28. 

RELATIVE  TO  PUBLIC  VEHICLES. 

AN  ORDINANCE  Amending  an  Ordinance  Relating  to 
Public  Vehicles,  Passed  by  the  City  Council  and 
Approved  by  the  Mayor,  May  8,  1919. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of 
New  Bedford  as  follows : 

Section  1.  Section  643  of  an  ordinance  passed  by 
the  City  Council  and  approved  by  the  Mayor,  May  8, 
1919,  relating  to  Public  Vehicles,  is  hereby  amended 
by  eliminating  the  last  paragraph  thereof  and  by  add¬ 
ing  in  its  place  two  new  paragraphs,  viz : 

“A  fee  of  ten  dollars  shall  be  paid  to  the  City  Clerk 
for  every  license  issued  to  a  person  to  drive  a  public 
vehicle  licensed  under  Class  B  of  this  ordinance. 

“Provision-  is  hereby  made  for  the  issue  of  special 
employers’  blanket  drivers’  licenses,  by  the  City  Clerk, 
to  any  person,  firm  or  corporation  employing,  in  the 
aggregate,  five  or  more  drivers  of  public  vehicles 
“licensed  under  either  Class  A  or  Class  C  of  city 


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ordinance  passed  by  the  City  Council  and  approved  by 
the  Mayor,  May  8,  1919.  Under  such  blanket  license 
the  licensee  may  employ,  in  the  driving  of  vehicles 
licensed  under  said  Class  A  or  Class  C,  and  operated 
by  said  licensee,  any  suitable  person,  over  21  years  of 
age,  unless  disapproved  by  the  City  Clerk,  who  pos¬ 
sesses  a  chauffeur’s  license  issued  by  the  Massachusetts 
Highway  Commission  and  in  force  at  the  time  of  such 
employment.  A  fee  of  ten  dollars  ($10)  shall  be 
charged  for  each  of  such  special  employers’  blanket 
drivers’  licenses,  covering  a  group  of  every  ten  or  any 
part  of  ten  drivers  so  simultaneously  employed.  At 
the  time  of  the  issue  of  such  special  employers’  blanket 
drivers’  license,  the  City  Clerk  shall  issue  to  the  per¬ 
son,  firm  or  corporation  so  licensed,  without  extra  cost, 
specially  designed  badges,  so  marked  as  to  indicate  the 
identity  of  the  employing  licensee.  Each  driver  em¬ 
ployed  under  a  license  issued  under  this  section  shall 
wear  one  of  the  badges  herein  described  while  driving 
any  Class  A  or  Class  C  vehicle  as  described  in  said  ordi¬ 
nance.  Within  three  days  after  the  employment  of  a 
new  driver,  by  the  employer  licensed  under  this  sec¬ 
tion,  he  shall  cause  said  driver  to  undergo  examination 
by  a  representative  of  the  Board  of  Aldermen,  as  pro¬ 
vided  in  Section  642  of  the  ordinance,  and  receive  a 
certificate  of  fitness  from  said  examiner,  which  he  shall 
present  to  the  City  Clerk,  who  shall  register  his  name, 
residence,  personal  description  and  the  name  of  his  em¬ 
ployer,  and  issue  to  him  an  identification  card,  as  pro¬ 
vided  in  Section  644,  which  identification  card  said 
driver  shall  carry  at  all  times  while  engaged  in  driving 
a  licensed  vehicle.  No  charge  shall  be  made  for  such 
examination.  The  employer  to  whom  such  blanket 
drivers’  license  is  issued  shall  be  required  to  keep,  in 
his  place  of  business,  a  list  containing  the  name,  resi¬ 
dence  and  a  brief  personal  description  of  every  driver 


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employed  under  such  license,  which  list  shall  be  open 
to  public  inspection  at  all  reasonable  times,  and  a  copy 
of  which  shall  be  furnished  to  the  City  Clerk  upon  de¬ 
mand,  '  ’  so  that  said  Section  643,  as  amended,  shall  read 
as  follows : 

Section  643.  No  license  to  operate  on  Routes  No.  1 
and  2  shall  be  granted  to  any  person  not  a  resident  of 
New  Bedford.  No  license  shall  be  issued  to  any  person 
not  a  citizen  of  the  United  States  unless  such  person 
shall  have  filed  first  papers  seeking  naturalization,  or 
if  having  filed  his  first  naturalization  papers  he  shall 
be  required  to  become  a  citizen  of  the  United  States 
as  soon  as  the  law  permits. 

No  license  shall  be  issued  to  any  person  who  is,  in 
the  discretion  of  the  City  Clerk,  physically  or  mentally 
unfit,  or  unable  to  clearly  speak  and  intelligently  write 
the  English  language,  and  who  does  not  also  possess  a 
chauffeur’s  license  issued  to  him  by  the  Massachusetts 
Highway  Commission  and  in  force  at  the  time  when 
such  application  is  made. 

The  license  shall  contain  the  name,  place  of  resi¬ 
dence,  postoffice  address  of  the  licensee,  a  brief  per¬ 
sonal  description  of  the  licensee  sufficient  for  identifica¬ 
tion,  including  age,  height,  weight,  color  of  hair,  color 
of  eyes,  and  any  peculiarly  distinguishing  characteris¬ 
tic.  Said  license  shall  state  the  date  of  the  expiration 
of  the  license,  which  shall  be  one  year  from  the  date  of 
the  issuance  thereof. 

“A  fee  of  ten  dollars  shall  be  paid  to  the  City  Clerk 
for  every  license  issued  to  a  person  to  drive  a  public 
vehicle  licensed  under  Class  B  of  this  ordinance. 

“Provision  is  hereby  made  for  the  issue  of  special 
employers’  blanket  drivers’  licenses,  by  the  City  Clerk, 
to  any  person,  firm  or  corporation  employing,  in  the 
aggregate,  five  or  more  drivers  of  public  vehicles 
licensed  under  either  Class  A  or  Class  C  of  city  ordi- 


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nance  passed  by  the  City  Council  and  approved  by  the 
Mayor,  May  8,  1919.  Under  such  blanket  license  the 
licensee  may  employ,  in  the  driving  of  vehicles  licensed 
under  said  Class  A  or  Class  C,  and  owned  by  said 
licensee,  any  suitable  person,  over  21  years  of  age,  un¬ 
less  disapproved  by  the  City  Clerk,  who  possesses  a 
chauffeur’s  license  issued  by  the  Massachusetts  High- 
wav  Commission  and  in  force  at  the  time  of  such  em- 
ployment.  A  fee  of  ten  dollars  ($10)  shall  be  charged 
for  each  of  such  special  employers’  blanket  drivers’ 
licenses,  covering  a  group  of  every  ten  or  any  part  of 
ten  drivers  so  simultaneously  employed.  At  the  time 
of  the  issue  of  such  special  employers’  blanket  drivers’ 
license,  the  City  Clerk  shall  issue  to  the  person,  firm 
or  corporation  so  licensed,  without  extra  cost,  specially 
designed  badges,  so  marked  as  to  indicate  the  identity 
of  the  employing  licensee.  Each  driver  employed 
under  a  license  issued  under  this  section  shall  wear 
one  of  the  badges  herein  described  while  driving  any 
Class  A  or  Class  C  vehicle  as  described  in  said  ordi¬ 
nance.  Within  three  days  after  the  employment  of  a 
new  driver,  by  the  employer  licensed  under  this  sec¬ 
tion,  he  shall  cause  said  driver  to  undergo  examination 
by  a  representative  of  the  Board  of  Aldermen,  as  pro¬ 
vided  in  section  642  of  the  ordinance,  and  receive  a 
certificate  of  fitness  from  said  examiner,  which  he  shall 
present  to  the  City  Clerk,  who  shall  register  his  name, 
residence,  personal  description  and  the  name  of  his 
employer,  and  issue  to  him  an  identification  card,  as 
provided  in  section  644,  which  identification  card  said 
driver  shall  carry  at  all  times  while  engaged  in  driving 
a  licensed  vehicle.  No  charge  shall  be  made  for  such 
examination.  The  employer  to  whom  such  blanket 
drivers’  license  is  issued  shall  be  required  to  keep,  in 
his  place  of  business,  a  list  containing  the  name,  resi¬ 
dence  and  a  brief  personal  description  of  every  driver 
employed  under  such  license,  which  list  shall  be  open 


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to  public  inspection  at  all  reasonable  times,  and  a  copy 
of  which  shall  be  furnished  to  the  City  Clerk  upon 
demand.  ’  ’ 

Section  2.  Section  638  of  an  ordinance  passed  by 
the  City  Council  and  approved  by  the  Mayor  May  8, 
1919,  relating  to  Public  Vehicles,  is  hereby  amended  by 
striking  out  the  following  clause,  beginning  in  the  23d 
line  thereof,  viz: — “A  fee  of  Ten  Dollars  for  each  ve¬ 
hicle  license  of  Class  A  and  B,  and  a  fee  of  One  Dollar 
for  each  license  of  Class  C  shall  be  paid  to  the  City 
Clerk  before  the  issuance  thereof,”  and  by  inserting  in 
place  thereof  the  following  paragraph,  viz : — 1 1  The  fol¬ 
lowing  fees  shall  be  paid  to  the  City  Clerk  before  the 
issuance  of  any  license  herein  mentioned,  viz : — Class 
A,  One  Dollar;  Class  B,  Ten  Dollars;  Class  C,  One  Dol¬ 
lar,”  so  that  said  section  638,  as  amended,  shall  read 
as  follows : 

Section  638.  The  licenses  issued  by  the  City  Clerk 
shall  be  in  such  form  as  shall  be  approved  by  the  Mayor 
and  Aldermen  and  shall  state  the  name,  place  of  resi¬ 
dence,  and  postoffice  address  of  the  licensee,  who  shall 
be  a  resident  of  the  Commonwealth ;  a  brief  descrip¬ 
tion  of  the  vehicle  licensed,  the  serial  number  of  the 
license,  the  term  of  the  license,  the  class  of  service  for 
which  said  vehicle  is  to  be  used ;  and  in  case  of  vehicles 
under  Class  A  the  stand  or  stands  or  the  stable,  garage, 
office  or  other  specific  place  at  which  persons  may  en¬ 
gage  the  vehicle ;  and  in  case  of  vehicles  under  Class  B 
the  route  on  which  said  vehicle  is  to  be  used ;  and  such 
other  provisions  as  the  Mayor  and  Aldermen  may  from 
time  to  time  prescribe.  Said  licenses  shall  expire  on 
the  thirtieth  day  of  April  following  the  issuance  there¬ 
of. 

The  following  fees  shall  be  paid  to  the  City  Clerk 
before  the  issuance  of  any  license  herein  mentioned, 
viz : — Class  A,  One  Dollar ;  Class  B,  Ten  Dollars ;  Class 
C,  One  Dollar. 


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Vehicles  licensed  for  the  transportation  of  pas¬ 
sengers,  Class  A  and  Class  B,  shall  have  a  metal  seal 

bearing  the  words  “Licensed  Vehicle  No. - setting 

forth  the  serial  number  of  the  license  and  the  date  of 
its  expiration,  said  seal  to  be  attached  to  the  vehicle  so 
that  it  is  conspicuously  displayed  whenever  said  ve¬ 
hicle  is  being  used  for  hire.  Said  metal  seals  shall  be 
furnished  bv  the  City  Clerk  and  a  fee  of  fifty  cents  shall 
be  paid  to  the  City  Clerk  before  the  issuance  of  the 
license.  Vehicles  licensed  under  Class  B  shall  at  all 
times  when  operated  under  said  license  carry  a  sign 
stating  the  termini  of  the  route,  the  fare  to  be  charged 
and  the  license  number,  which  sign  shall  be  so  printed 
and  attached  to  the  vehicle  as  to  be  plainly  visible  to 
persons  on  the  street  and  with  a  printed  sign  thereon 
showing  the  schedule  of  service  filed  and  in  effect  at 
the  time,  which  sign  shall  be  so  printed  and  attached 
to  the  said  vehicle  as  to  be  plainly  visible  to  passengers 
boarding  such  vehicle.  The  letters  and  figures  contained 
on  the  sign  shall  be  not  less  than  2*4  inches  in  height 
and  shall  have  a  stroke  of  not  less  than  one-cpiarter 
of  an  inch  in  width,  and  shall  be  subject  to  the  approval 
of  a  representative  designated  by  the  Board  of  Aider- 
men.  No  other  advertising  sign  of  any  kind  shall  be 
placed  or  carried  on  any  such  vehicles,  except  as  speci¬ 
fically  permitted  by  the  Chief  of  Police.  Vehicles  li¬ 
censed  for  the  transportation  of  goods,  Class  C,  shall 
have  wagon  plates  setting  forth  the  serial  number  of 
the  license  and  the  date  of  its  expiration.  Said  plates 
to  be  conspicuously  displayed  on  each  side  of  the  body 
of  the  vehicle.  Said  wagon  plates  shall  be  furnished 
by  the  City  Clerk  and  a  fee  of  fifty  cents  shall  be  paid 
to  the  City  Clerk  before  the  issuance  of  the  license. 
The  color  of  said  seals  and  wagon  plates  shall  be 
changed  annually. 

The  license  issued  for  the  operation  of  such  vehicles 
under  Class  A  and  B  shall  designate  the  number 
of  passengers,  exclusive  of  the  operator,  the  licensee 


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is 


is  authorized  to  carry  in  said  vehicle,  and  no  person 
driving  or  in  charge  of  said  vehicle  shall  take  on  or 
suffer  to  permit  any  more  persons  to  ride  or  to  be  car¬ 
ried  thereon  at  any  one  time  than  the  number  desig- 
nated  in  the  license,  nor  permit  any  person  to  stand 
inside,  or  to  stand  or  sit  upon  the  running  board,  step, 
fender,  dash  or  hood  thereof,  or  to  permit  any  person 
to  ride  on  such  vehicle  outside  the  body  thereof ;  pro¬ 
vided,  however,  that  in  addition  to  the  number  of  pas¬ 
sengers  which  said  vehicle,  by  the  terms  of  its  license 
is  permitted  to  carry,  children  under  seven  years  of 
age  may  be  carried  therein,  in  arms,  or  seated  on  the 
laps  of  parents  or  adult  persons  accompanying  them, 
but  no  passenger  with  a  child  in  arms  or  seated  on  the 
lap  shall  be  permitted  on  any  front  seat  of  the  vehicle. 

The  licensee  shall  not  reconstruct,  materially  alter, 
modify  or  add  to  the  body  or  seating  arrangements  of 
any  motor  vehicle  after  the  license  thereof  is  issued, 
without  first  applying  for  and  receiving  the  consent  of 
the  licensing  authorities. 

No  license  shall  be  transferable  or  applicable  to  any 
other  motor  vehicle  than  those  specified  therein,  or,  in 
case  of  vehicles  licensed  under  Class  B,  or  between  any 
other  termini  or  on  any  other  route  or  routes,  provided, 
however,  that  the  Board  of  Aldermen  may,  upon  the 
application  filed  with  the  City  Clerk,  revise  said  license 
in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  these  regulations, 
so  that  under  said  license  as  revised  another  motor 
vehicle  may  be  substituted  for  the  one  previously  cov¬ 
ered,  or  either  the  termini  or  the  route  or  routes  set 
forth  in  the  license  may  be  changed. 

The  City  Clerk  shall  keep  a  record  of  all  licenses 
issued  under  the  provisions  of  the  ordinances  relating 
to  public  vehicles. 

Section  3.  The  City  Treasurer  is  hereby  authorized 
and  directed  to  make  a  refund  to  any  licensee  to  whom 
a  Public  Vehicle  License  or  a  Special  Driver’s  License 


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has  been  issued,  under  the  provisions  of  an  ordinance 
passed  by  the  City  Council  and  approved  by  the  Mayor, 
May  8,  1919,  previous  to  the  date  when  this  ordinance 
becomes  effective,  upon  the  receipt  of  a  certificate  from 
the  City  Clerk  setting  forth  the  kind  of  license  and  the 
amount  to  be  refunded,  which  certificate  the  City 
Treasurer  shall  retain  as  his  voucher  for  so  doing. 

Section  4.  Section  646  of  an  ordinance  passed  by 
the  City  Council  and  approved  by  the  Mayor,  May  8, 
1919,  relating  to  Public  Vehicles,  is  hereby  repealed. 

Section  5.  Section  647  of  an  ordinance  passed  by 
the  City  Council  and  approved  by  the  Mayor,  May  8, 
1919,  relative  to  Public  Vehicles,  is  hereby  amended 
by  striking  out  said  section  and  substituting  in  place 
thereof  the  section  following,  viz : — 

Section  647.  The  fares  for  the  conveyance  of  pas¬ 
sengers  in  licensed  vehicles  used  for  the  conveyance  of 
passengers  for  hire,  shall  be  as  follows : 

For  vehicles  licensed  under  Class  A,  for  conveying 
one  or  more  adult  passengers  from  place  to  place  with¬ 
in  the  portion  of  the  city  described  hereafter,  the  fare 
shall  not  exceed  fifty  cents  per  passenger,  except  be¬ 
tween  the  hours  of  nine  o’clock  P.  M.  and  six  o’clock 
A.  M.,  when  the  rate  shall  not  exceed  seventy-five  cents 
per  passenger ;  for  each  child  between  the  ages  of  four 
and  twelve  years,  one-lialf  of  the  above  rates ;  for  chil¬ 
dren  not  over  four  years  of  age,  accompanied  by  their 
parents  or  guardians,  no  charge ;  for  the  charges  afore¬ 
said,  each  passenger  may  carry  a  hat  box,  grip  sack, 
portmanteau,  or  other  similar  article ;  for  one  trunk 
accompanying  a  passenger,  15  cents ;  provided,  how¬ 
ever,  that  the  City  Council  may  in  its  discretion  change 
any  or  all  the  rates  established  in  this  section  and  the 
rates  so  established  shall  continue  until  changed  by  the 
City  Council.  . 


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Maximum  hourly  rates  for  the  service  of  vehicles 
licensed  under  Class  A  shall  not  exceed  the  following : 
For  shopping  trips — 

5-passenger  car . 

7-passenger  car . 

7-passenger  limousine  . 

For  running  around  town 

5-passenger  car . $2.50  per  hour 

7-passenger  car . $3.00  per  hour 

7-passenger  limousine . . . $3.50  per  hour 

At  the  above  hourly  rates  the  charge  may  be  the 
same,  whether  there  is  one  passenger  or  whether  the 
entire  carrying  capacity  of  the  car  is  used. 

The  City  Clerk  shall  supply  rate  cards  showing 
plainly  the  fares  which  may  be  charged  to  owners 
of  all  vehicles  licensed  under  Class  A  and  such  cards 
must  at  all  times  be  displayed  in  each  licensed  vehicle 
of  Class  A  where  it  can  be  plainly  read  by  every  pas¬ 
senger. 


$2.00  per  hour 
$2.50  per  hour 

$3.00  per  hour 

/ 


Section  6.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  on  its 
passage. 

Presented  to  and  approved  by  the  Mayor,  July  25, 

1919. 


No.  29. 

REGULATIONS  FOR  PAAVNBROKERS,  JUNK 

DEALERS,  ETC. 

AN  ORDINANCE  Making  Regulations  as  to  Pawn¬ 
brokers  and  Dealers  in  Junk,  Old  Metals  and  Any 
Second  Hand  Articles. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of 
New  Bedford  as  follows : 


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Section  1.  Every  person,  firm  or  corporation,  holding 
a  license  as  a  pawnbroker,  or  a  license  as  a  dealer  in 
junk,  old  metals  or  any  second  hand  articles,  granted 
and  issued  by  the  Mayor  and  Aldermen  or  by  the  City 
Clerk,  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  law,  shall 
make  a  daily  return  to  the  Chief  of  Police,  on  blank 
forms  to  be  obtained  from  said  chief  by  said  licensee, 
the  form  of  said  blank  having  first  been  approved  by 
the  Mayor  and  Aldermen,  covering  the  particulars  of 
all  loans,  purchases,  sales  or  transactions  of  any  nature 
involving  property  pawned,  bought,  sold  or  exchanged 
under  said  license.  It  shall  be  a  condition  of  every 
license  herein  mentioned  that  the  licensee  shall  immedi¬ 
ately  notify  the  officer  in  charge  of  police  headquarters 
of  any  attempt  or  suspected  attempt  on  the  part  of  any 
person  entering  the  licensed  premises  toward  the  dis¬ 
posal  of  property  by  pawn,  sale,  exchange  or  by  any 
other  means,  when  the  attending  circumstances  indicate 
any  possibility  that  said  property  has  been  stolen,  or  is 
unlawfully  in  the  possession  of  the  person  offering  it  for 
pawn,  sale  or  exchange. 

Section  2.  The  holder  of  a  license  as  a  pawnbroker, 
or  the  holder  of  a  license  to  deal  in  junk,  old  metals  or 
any  second  hand  articles,  shall  require  the  person  who 
pawns,  sells  or  exchanges  any  property  upon  the  licensed 
premises  to  personally  sign  his  name  in  full,  and  to  add 
thereto  his  address  in  his  own  handwriting,  upon  a  card 
which  shall  be  furnished  to  said  licensee  by  the  Chief  of 
Police.  The  licensee  shall  thereto  add  a  personal  de¬ 
scription  of  the  person  offering  any  article  for  pawn, 
sale  or  exchange,  in  form  substantially  as  follows : 

Complexion,  . ;  height, ...  ft. ;  ...  in.;  Weight 

....  lbs. ;  color  of  hair, . ;  color  of  eyes, . ; 

any  particularly  distinguishing  characteristic,  . 

If  the  person  offering  said  article  for  pawn,  sale 
or  exchange,  cannot  write,  the  licensee  shall  so 
state  on  said  card,  and  shall  witness  his  mark  in  place 


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of  the  signature  required  herein.  Any  person  who  makes 
a  false  statement  regarding  his  inability  to  write  his 
name,  or  who  writes  on  the  card  herein  described  an 
address  which  is  not  his  bona-fide  address  at  the  time  of 
so  writing,  or  who  makes  a  false  statement  to  the  licensee 
regarding  any  of  the  items  of  data  included  in  the  per¬ 
sonal  description  herein  required,  shall  be  punished  by 
a  fine  not  exceeding  twenty  dollars;  and  any  licensed 
pawnbroker,  or  licensed  dealer  in  junk,  old  metals  or 
any  second  hand  articles  who  knowingly  makes,  on  the 
card  provided  as  herein  mentioned  and  furnished  by  the 
Chief  of  Police,  any  false  statement  as  to  the  inability 
to  write  or  the  personal  description  of  any  person  who 
offers  any  articles  for  pawn,  sale  or  exchange,  shall  be 
punished  by  a  fine  not  exceeding  twenty  dollars.  The 
card  above  described  shall  be  preserved  and  filed  by  the 
licensee,  and  shall  be  displayed  by  him  on  request  of 
any  police  officer  of  the  City  of  New  Bedford. 

Section  3.  Whoever  violates  any  of  the  provisions 
of  this  ordinance  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  not  exceed¬ 
ing  twenty  dollars  for  each  offence,  and  any  license  as  a 
pawnbroker  or  as  a  dealer  in  junk,  old  metals  or  any 
second  hand  articles  held  by  him  shall  forthwith  be  re¬ 
voked  by  the  Mayor  and  Aldermen  upon  notification  of 
conviction  of  such  violation  by  the  Chief  of  Police,  who 
is  hereby  directed  to  notify  the  Mayor  and  Aldermen  of 
every  such  conviction  involving  a  person,  firm  or  cor¬ 
poration  holding  such  license  from  the  City  of  New  Bed¬ 
ford. 

Section  4.  No  new  license  as  a  pawnbroker,  or  as  a 
dealer  in  junk,  old  metals  or  any  second  hand  articles 
shall  be  granted  or  issued  to  a  person,  firm  or  corpora¬ 
tion  whose  license  has  been  revoked,  as  set  forth  in  sec¬ 
tion  3  of  this  ordinance,  or  to  a  firm  or  corporation  in 
which  any  person  whose  license  has  been  so  revoked 


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is  in  any  way  financially  interested,  for  the  period  ot' 
five  years  following  such  revocation. 

Section  5.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  upon  its 
passage. 

Presented  to  and  approved  by  the  Mayor,  Sept.  25, 
1919. 


No.  30. 

ERECTION  OF  GARAGES. 

AN  ORDINANCE  Regarding  the  Erection  or  Conver¬ 
sion  of  a  Building  for  Use  as  a  Garage. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  New  Bedford 
as  follows : 

Section  1.  No  building  shall  be  erected  or  converted 
for  use  as  a  Garage  within  the  limits  of  the  City  of 
New  Bedford  until  a  petition,  signed  by  the  owner 
thereof,  or  his  agent,  has  been  granted  and  approved 
by  the  Mayor  and  Aldermen  and  a  permit  therefor  has 
been  issued  by  the  City  Clerk ;  and  such  grant  and  ap¬ 
proval  shall  be  subject  to  compliance  by  the  owner 
thereof,  or  his  agent,  with  all  the  requirements  of  the 
building  laws  and  ordinances  of  the  city. 

Section  2.  Every  petition  for  the  erection  or  con¬ 
version  of  a  building  for  use  as  a  Garage  within  the 
limits  of  the  City  of  New  Bedford  shall  be  filed  in  the 
office  of  the  Inspector  of  Buildings.  Under  the  direction 
of  the  Inspector  of  Buildings  a  plan  shall  be  drawn  to 
scale,  showing  the  ground,  size  and  shape  of  the  build¬ 
ing,  the  location  of  the  building  with  relation  to  the 
street,  its  location  upon  the  lot  on  which  it  is  now 
located  or  is  to  be  built,  the  structures  on  this  and  sev¬ 
eral  adjoining  lots,  and  the  names  of  the  owners  of  all 
the  several  lots  of  land  included  in  the  plan. 


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Section  3.  The  Inspector  of  Buildings  and  the  Chief 
of  the  Fire  Department  shall  investigate  and  report  in 
writing,  to  the  Mayor  and  Aldermen,  whether  or  not, 
in  their  judgment,  the  location  of  the  garage,  as  peti¬ 
tioned  for,  is  consistent  with  public  interests  and  wel¬ 
fare  ;  they  may  recommend  any  change  which  in  the 
opinion  of  either  of  them  will  better  serve  the  public 
interest  or  welfare,  clearly  noting  and  indicating  such 
changes  on  the  plan  referred  to  in  Section  2. 

Section  4.  The  petition,  report  of  the  Inspector  of 
Buildings  and  the  report  of  the  Chief  of  the  Fire  De¬ 
partment,  accompanied  by  the  plan  hitherto  referred 
to,  and  by  one  blue  print  copy  of  said  plan,  shall  be 
filed  with  the  Inspector  of  Buildings  in  the  office  of  the 
City  Clerk,  and  the  City  Clerk  shall  submit  the  same 
to  the  Mayor  and  Aldermen  at  the  next  meeting  of 
said  Board  following  such  filing.  Upon  the  action  of 
the  Mayor  and  Aldermen  on  said  petition,  the  City 
Clerk  shall  issue  a  permit  in  accordance  with  such 
action,  accompanying  the  same  by  the  blue  print 
copy  of  the  plan  herein  mentioned,  or  shall  notify 
the  petitioner  of  the  refusal  of  the  Mayor  and  Aider- 
men  to  grant  said  petition,  as  the  case  may  be. 

Section  5.  The  Inspector  of  Buildings,  at  the  time  of 
filing  in  his  office  of  any  petition  for  the  erection  or 
conversion  of  a  building  to  be  used  as  a  Garage,  shall 
collect  a  fee  of  Five  Dollars  to  cover  the  cost  of  pre¬ 
paring  plans,  inspection  and  clerical  service,  which  said 
fee  shall  be  turned  into  the  City  Treasury  forthwith. 

Section  6.  Any  permit  issued  under  the  provisions 
of  this  ordinance  shall  not  in  any  way  relieve  the  owner 
of  any  building  to  be  erected  or  converted  for  use  as 
a  Garage,  or  his  agent,  from  securing  a  permit  from  the 
Superintendent  of  Buildings  as  required  by  the  building 


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code  and  set  forth  particularly  in  sections  141  to  162  of 
the  Ordinances  of  1916,  or  any  amendment  thereof. 

Section  7.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  on  the 

first  day  of  January  in  the  year  1920. 

*/  «/  «/ 

Presented  to  and  approved  by  the  Mayor,  Dec.  12, 

1919. 

No.  31. 

FIRE  DEPARTMENT. 

AN  ORDINANCE  Amending  Section  382,  Revised  Ordi¬ 
nances  of  1916,  to  Provide  for  a  Fourth  Assistant 
Engineer  of  the  Fire  Department. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Citv  Council  of  the  City  of  New 
Bedford  as  follows : 

Section  1.  Section  382  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of 
1916  is  hereby  amended  by  inserting  in  the  third  line 
thereof,  the  words  “and  fourth/’  so  that  said  section 
shall  read  as  follows  :  ‘ 1  Section  382.  Annually  in  the 
month  of  April,  the  City  Council  shall  elect,  in  con¬ 
vention,  a  chief,  and  a  first,  second,  third  and  fourth 
assistant  engineer  of  the  fire  department.” 

Section  2.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  upon  its 
passage. 

Presented  to  and  approved  by  the  Mayor,  May  13, 

1920. 


No.  32. 

BIDS  AND  CONTRACTS. 

AN  ORDINANCE  Amending  Sections  466  and  468  of 
the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1916. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of 
New  Bedford  as  follows: 


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Section  1.  Section  466  of  the  Revised  Ordinances 
of  1916  is  hereby  amended  by  crossing  out  the  words 
“one  hundred  dollars’7  in  the  third  line  thereof,  and 
inserting  the  words  “two  hundred  dollars”;  so  that 
said  section  shall  read:  “Section  466.  All  contracts 
made  by  the  City  Council,  or  either  branch  thereof,  or 
by  any  department,  board  or  committee,  if  the  cost  ex¬ 
ceeds  two  hundred  dollars,  shall  be  in  writing,  signed 
for  and  in  behalf  of  the  city  by  the  Mayor  and  by  the 
chairman  of  the  board  or  committee  or  head  of  the 
department  having  the  matter  in  charge,  except  as  is 
otherwise  provided.” 

Section  2.  Section  468  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of 
1916,  is  hereby  amended  by  substituting  for  the  word 
“one”  in  the  second  line  thereof,  the  word  “two,”  so 
that  said  section,  as  amended,  shall  read  as  follows : 
“Section  468.  In  all  contracts  made  by  any  depart¬ 
ment,  board  or  committee  where  the  cost  exceeds  two 
hundred  dollars,  competitive  bids  shall  be  obtained  as 
hereinafter  provided.  This  provision  shall  be  strictly 
construed  to  apply  to  all  contracts  in  which  the  city  is  a 
party,  except  as  follows:  (a)  Where,  by  reason  of  lat¬ 
ent  rights  or  copyrights,  fair  and  reasonable  competi¬ 
tion  cannot  be  obtained,  (b)  Where,  by  reason  of  nat¬ 
ural  or  actual  monopoly,  fair  and  reasonable  competi- 
tion  cannot  be  obtained,  (c)  In  case  of  emergency, 
where  promx^t  action  is  required  for  the  preservation  of 
life,  or  the  protection  of  proxmrt}^.  (d)  In  case  of 
election  printing,  where,  in  the  ox3inion  of  the  City 
Clerk,  competition  is  not  advisable,  (e)  Where,  by 
reason  of  the  peculiar  or  special  nature  of  the  article 
to  be  purchased,  or  work  to  be  done,  fair  and  reason¬ 
able  competition  cannot  be  obtained.” 

Section  3.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  upon  its 
passage. 


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Presented  to  and  approved  by  the  Mayor,  May  14, 


1920. 


No.  33. 

RANKING  OF  POLICEMEN. 

AN  ORDINANCE  Amending  Section  404  of  the  Re¬ 
vised  Ordinances  of  1916,  Relative  to  the  Ranking 
of  Police  Officers. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  New 
Bedford  as  follows : 

Section  1.  Section  404  of  the  Revised  Ordinances 
of  1916  is  hereby  amended  by  the  insertion,  after  the 
word  “ named”  in  the  fourth  line  thereof,  of  the  words 
“  except  that  the  rank  of  lieutenants  and  inspectors 
shall  be  the  same,’7  so  that  said  Section  404,  as  amend¬ 
ed,  shall  read  as  follows,  viz :  Section  404.  The  police 
department  shall  consist  of  a  chief,  deputy  chief,  cap¬ 
tains,  chief  inspector,  lieutenants,  inspectors,  clerk,  and 
sergeants,  who  shall  rank  in  the  order  named,  except 
that  the  rank  of  lieutenants  and  inspectors  shall  be  the 
same,  and  such  other  officers  as  may  be  designated  by 
the  mayor.  The  number  of  employes  in  the  depart¬ 
ment  shall  be  determined  by  the  Mayor  and  Board  of 
Aldermen.  All  appointees  to  the  police  force  shall,  be¬ 
fore  entering  upon  their  duties,  be  sworn  to  the  faithful 
discharge  thereof. 

Section  2.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  upon  its 
passage. 

Presented  to  and  approved  by  the  Mayor,  Oct.  28, 
1920. 


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REGULATION. 

CITY  OF  NEW  BEDFORD, 

In  Board  of  Aldermen. 

Dec.  13,  1918. 

Ordered,  That  in  conformity  with  the  direction  of 
the  Supervisor  of  Loan  Agencies,  and  in  conformity 
with  the  provisions  of  Chapter  727,  Acts  of  1911,  the 
rates  of  interest  fixed  by  the  Mayor  and  Aldermen  June 
12,  1913,  to  be  charged  upon  loans  made  by  pawn¬ 
brokers  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  amended  to  include 
the  following  provision,  viz :  That  the  interest  charged 
for  monev  loaned  on  United  States  Libertv  Bonds  shall 

* /  t, 

not  exceed  one  per  cent  per  month. 

In  Board  of  Aldermen,.  Adopted.  Dec.  13,  1918. 

Presented  to  and  approved  by  the  Mayor,  Dec.  14, 

1918. 


